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After we left Martinique at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon so we could reach Guadeloupe in the morning. We were warned by Eric and Ka...

Now, do you remember the Romanian sailor that surprised us with his presence in Le Marin? Naturally we established an instant friendship. Not...

We celebrated Easter in Martinique. Normally we celebrate both Catholic/Protestant Easter and Orthadox Easter but this year we only celebrate...

On Thursday 17^th February 2022 we left Mindelo for Barbados. We were 1 of 4 boats who left on the same day. Two of the...

So on January 30^th we arrived in the Cape Verdes! Finally we were safe! Nothing bad could happen to us! Wrong. Read More

Mindelo is be a lovely place but it cannot be compared to the Canaries. Coming from the Canary Islands where everything was reasonably priced...

On Monday 24^th January 2022 we started our real adventure. Excitedly, we left at 11 in the morning with me at the ...

So on the 10^th January 2022 we left to El Hierro. It was a beautiful sunny day. The only problem was that there was no...

So we left Tenerife on 16^th December on a beautiful calm day so we could spend the holidays in La Gomera – my fa...

On 2^nd December 2021 we embarked on our extremely long journey to San Miguel, Tenerife of 5 hours. I couldn’t wa...

La Gomera is my favourite island closely followed by La Palma.

What makes these islands so special are the people. Both the...

On Sunday 19^th September at 3:15 a new volcano in Cumbrevieja, La Palma erupted. We were minding our own business watc...

La Palma is one of my favourite islands in the Canaries. It really does uphold to its name of ‘La Isla Bonita’ or ‘The Beau...

For the 1^st time we actually left on the day that we were supposed to and didn’t stay one month in a place! Time...

On 15^th August 2021 we finally left for Tenerife. The 1^st part was a bit choppy because we were...

So we woke up the next morning after the trip and went to Karin and Eric’s at 10am. We talked and they told us they saw whales on the t...

Eric and Karin had left. Ben and Tes had left. Joel, Ariadna and Noe had left. So it was time for us to go from Gran Tarajal. There were 2 op...

So I swore that I wasn’t going to embark on a sailing boat ever again so that was it and I took the ferry… 

Lanzarote is out of this world. You feel that you’re on another planet. There are barely any green spaces. Outside of the towns and cit...

My dad loves adventure and doing “dangerous” things but there are just 1 or 2 things he has a fear of. Number 1 is loss of contro...

Saltwater and Electrics don’t mix. But what happens when saltwater gets into your electrics? Long story short: nothing works!

On 21^st May 2021 we left Agadir, trying...

18^th May 2021, we eagerly decided to leave Portugal after we stayed 2 and a half weeks. We waited from 12pm to 2pm for...

We had a great time staying with Tio, Tia and my one year old cousin. They helped us a lot letting us stay in their beautiful apartment and f...

So I woke up only to find that we were stuck. We soon figured ...

On 2^nd May 2021 we left La Coruna &ldqu...

We woke up on 28^th April only to find out we were greeted by somebody from the marina to pay which is weird because no...

A week later, on 26^nd April 2021 we left England. This was the first time sailing Mistress on our own so we were cauti...

So I ended The Incident with my mum being afraid and vowing to ...

12th April 2021. On this date we were supposed to move Mistress into another space. We also figured out that we needed to fill the tank up be...

9th April 2021. Woke up without a single bit of food in the fridge. This was the day. This was the day I would be leaving my home, the town w...

Lockdown had ended but there was still restrictions. That’s why I was massively shocked when I went back to school in September. Read More

Life was good in England. You could afford at least 1 holiday a year to enjoy your life. But what would happen if you couldn't go on holiday ...

What is a normal life? Is it going to school, getting a job and then working for the next 40 years non-stop? Or is it subject to each person&...