Hi Everyone, After our extended stay in Paros we finally left the inner harbour on 28th June and headed out…
More of Paros, ‘The Rough and the Smooth of it all’.
We have already posted a blog showing the lovely Island Of Paros. The Cyclades are really living up to expectation. …
Paroikia, Island of Paros, Middle Cyclades. 18th–24th June 2011. 37:05.25N 025:09.11E
Hi Everyone, We sailed in 8 – 12 knots of light wind with cruising shute (sail), the 32 n miles…
Livadi, Island of Serifos, Cyclades, 16th-17th June 2011. 37:08.58N 24:30.92E
Hi Everyone, We enjoyed a 20n mile sail in 12 knots of breeze to Livadi on the Island of Serifos. …
Ayios Stefanos, Kithnos, Cyclades 15th June 2011. 37:23.74N 24:27.47E
Hi Everyone, Well the wind certainly kicked in for the 25 n miles through the water ( zig zag tacking)…
Island of Kithnos, Cyclades 14th-15th June 2011. 37:24.85N 24:22.59E
Hi Everyone, We motor sailed and later sailed in light winds with a flat calm sea and hot sun— 48…
Island of Hydra, Saronics, 13th June 2011. 37:20.99N 023:27.98E
Hi Everyone, After a calm night at anchor we motored and sailed a little in light winds to the Island…
Ermioni, Peloponnese mainland Greece, 12th June 2011. 37:23.12N 023:15.31E
Hi Everyone, We left anchor in Poros bay and sailed to Metochi Point on the Peloponnese to anchor for lunch.…
Island of Poros, Saronics, 9th – 12th June 2011
Our friends Patryk and Amanda arrived by ferry from Athens on 11th. It was a real treat to see them…
Corinthian Canal, 8th June 2011. 37:55.88N 022:59.30E
Hi Everyone, The Corinthian canal in the Gulf of Corinth is a link for yachts and shipping between the Ionian…
Galaxidhi, North shore of the Gulf of Corinth, and Delphi Mainland Greece 6th June 2011.
Hi everyone. Well folks there is a little hidden gem on the North shore of the Gulf of Corinth called…
Skala Kalithea, Gulf of Corinth, 5th June 2011. 38:20.95N 022:09.22E
Hi Everyone, JUST A NOTE— please see blog for CORFU TOWN —24th May—nice blog and lots of photographs, the blog…
The Gulf of Patras and Town of Navpaxtos, 4th June 2011. 38:23.48N 021:49.87E
Hi Everyone, We left our overnight anchorage at Ormos Oxia, mainland and headed east into the Gulf of Patras and…
Ormos Oxia, Mainland Greece, 3rd June 2011. 38:20.18N 021:07.32E
Hi All, We left Spartakhori on a hot, windless morning unable to sail and motored south east to the sheltered…
Island of Poros. Aegean sea.. 9th June 2011. 37:30.04N 23:27.15E
Hi Everyone, Tioram arrives in the Aegean !! Yeh !! We are safely in the Island of Poros and are…
Spartakhori, Island of Meganisi, 2nd June 2011. 38:39.70N 020:45.56E
Hi Everyone, We left Preveza on the mainland and headed south back through the Levkas canal and out into the…
Preveza, mainland Greece. 1st June 2011. 38:57.45N 020:45.30E.
One night stay for map reference only.
South to Paxos again, 30th-31st May 2011. 39:12.14N 020:11.20E
Hi Everyone, The lovely island of Corfu was our most Northerly point and so we headed south to Plataria on…
Plataria, mainland Greece. 29th May 2011. 39:27.14N 020:16.46E.
One night stay and map reference only.
Corfu Channel, 28th May 2011. 39:45.93N 019:57.54E
Hi Everyone, One of the tick boxes on my ‘wish’ list was to sail through the Corfu channel –between the…
Island of Corfu, Corfu Town, 24th-26th May 2011. 39:37.22N 019:55.58E
Hi Everyone, Corfu stretches on a North to South axis and is a long narrow island. Corfu town sits on…
Island of Paxos, 23rd May 2011. 39:12.15N 020:11.21E
Paxos is five miles long and two miles wide. The island is famous for producing excellent Olive oil which we…
Levkas Canal and Preveza, 22nd May 2011. 38:47.11N 020:44.35E
Levkas canal and on to Preveza on the mainland, 22nd May. The Levkas Canal is man- made and therefore makes…
Kefalonia again, Fiskardho, 20th-21st May 2011. 38:27.64N 020:34.54E
We motored the 15 miles from the Island of Ithaca the North tip of Kefalonia and into the lovely natural…
Vlikho on the Island of Levkas 21st May 2011. 38:41.27N 020:42.45E
Vlikho on the Island of Levkas ( also known as Lefkada ) 21st May. Vlikho is a small town at…
Ithaca, Ionian, 19th May 2011. 38:21.92N 020:42.93E
Hi Everyone, Arrived in Ithaca after a 15 mile sail. Photos—- Motoring into the natural harbour of Vathi, Ithaca Scooter…
Cephalonia 17th-19th May 2011 38:15.24N 020:33.89E
The port and town of Sami, Cephalonia. We sailed from Zakinthos in 22 knots and a lumpy sea until we…
Photographs from Zakinthos
Hello Everyone, Well our first day in Zakinthos has been a treat. Within hours of arriving we saw a Scooter…
15th May 2011. Tioram arrives in Greece 37:47.09N 020:54.10E
Hi Everyone, The wind dropped for the last twenty four hours of our journey and whilst that meant we were…
14th May 2011. Tioram approaches Greece. 37:29.42N 019:17.39E
Our first twenty four hours out of Gozo saw us with 17 to 24 knots true wind from NNW direction.…
9th May-12th May. Gozo, Maltese Islands. 36:01.57N 014:18.08E
Hi Everyone, Our plan to leave Comino to head for Greece has been a little delayed. The winds increased again…
7th–9th May The Island of Comino, Maltese Island. 36:00.86N 014:19.39E
Most people have heard of Malta and Gozo, but nestling between the two islands is the very small island of…
7th May 2011, Leaving Malta.
Hi Everyone, Here are a few photos of us leaving Malta. The photos were kindly taken by a Canadian couple…
Easter Celebrations and Fireworks. Malta 2011.
Easter is very much celebrated in Malta. The many, many catholic churches are highly decorated. Processions are held on…
Maltese Buses
Those of you who have ever ventured to Malta will remember the Yellow/ Orange/ white coloured buses. The old Bedford…
Mom and Dad’s Visit, Malta 2011.
Mom and Dad had a lovely holiday with us. It was in fact their inspiration which led us to…
Festivals and Carnivals, Malta, 2011.
Malta, like many Mediterranean countries seems to have a festival on a regular basis. Celebratory days linked to culture, history…
Mdina , Malta
Mdina is the historic capital of Malta and is known as the âsilent cityâ due to its calm, elegant quality.…
‘Alive and Kicking’ in Malta 2011.
Hi Everyone, We hope you have all had a good time over the past few months since we posted…
Tioram heads for Greece. May 2011.
Hi Everyone, Our next blogs will be from Greece as Tioram finally is on the move again as she heads…
New Years Eve, Valletta, Malta, 2010
The bus system of transport in Malta is very good and frequent. However, just about everyone wanted to go to…
Intriguing cafe, Valletta, Malta, 27th December 2010
Intriguing cafe, Valletta, Malta—27th December 2010 As we know J K Rowling was inspired to write Harry Potter whilst sitting…
Christmas Eve 24th December, Valletta Malta 2010.
Just a few interesting Christmassy photographs on Christmas eve in the capital Valletta. Here’s wishing a very Happy Christmas and…
Wilfred the Diver, Malta
The great thing about travelling is the characters you meet. If you have ever visited Malta you would have seen…
‘The things we do’ in Malta, 17th November 2010
‘The things we do’—in Malta —17th November 2010 And so the winter boat jobs begin…………………………… Tony is literally now in…
Out and about in Valletta, Malta, November 2010.
November 2010 – Valletta, Malta. We have now spent several weeks in Malta enjoying the island as well as busily…
Pizza with Maltese Friends, 8th Jan 2011.
Pizza with Maltese Friends, 8th January 2011. We have said on several occasions that one of the best things about…
Sicily to Malta and Grand Harbour Arrival’ 35:55.46N 014:31.42E
Well after 6 days storm bound in Sciacca we were going a bit stir crazy. The sea area between the south…
Sciacca, Sicily 14th?Oct 2010. 37:30.20N 013:04.67E
We left Masala on the 8th Oct, 10.00hrs and motored into a 12 knot t. head wind, later motor sailing. The coastline…
Sardinia to Sicily 7th Oct 2010 37:47.23N 012:26.49E
Sardinia to Sicily. A small window of opportunity came in the weather, so on 5th Oct ,09.20hrs we slipped our warps from…
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