Category: Everyday Life

  • Back on the road again

    Back on the road again

    By the time we arrive on Leros, where our boat is located, it will have been nearly 7 weeks since we left our home base in Tasmania. The pack-up is always epic. The more time I have the more I find that needs doing, driving both Rick and I to distraction. When is enough actually…

  • Back in the Dodecanese

    Back in the Dodecanese

    It’s been a while since I wrote a postcard home.  Due to many things including a trip to Spain mid-season to see our family and a few land based visitors and a a whole load of computer issues that I have just sorted out (hopefully!). While there is always a mix of busy times and…

  • Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    After a great tour of the North Western Cyclades we jumped from Tinos across to the northern end of Paros to a large bay called Naoussa. We’d been here once before in October in 2022 when we sat on the boat, alone in a howling meltemi for 7 days.  Our boat clocked over 2 nautical…