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From Lagos, (Portugal) to Leslie's Lashing
We left Lagos at sunrise on a 900 km open Atlantic sail to Madeira, which is also part of Portugal. Due to clever weather forecasting...


Portuguese History and the Pringle war over.
We have just spent a couple of weeks soaking up Portuguese history, lounging on beaches, and a few rolly waves. We based the boat in...


Douro Valley and Happy Birthday
There was something quiet satisfying to us both arriving in our own boat and sailing a short distance up the Douro valley to a welcoming...


Buenous Dias & Hello Galacia
La Coruna proved to be a great place to take some time out, with helpful marina staff to make customs and immigration easy, an old town...


Bay of Biscay - Cork to La Coruna (Spain)
With the Irish sea under our belt for the second time we had what felt like a few well deserved days in Cork before turning our attention...


Weather Windows to Mama Mia
Hello “predict wind departure planner”… After duly paying the $140 to get a raft of weather models, tables and graphs – we left Ardfern (...


The Outer Hebrides Experience
Just when I thought we had seen all of the Scottish Isles and were ready to head south to Ireland, another string of Islands appeared on...


Castles and folk
The chirpy soft west coast welcome extended to us by numerous folk this week has been outstanding. The weather has been varied, causing a...


Sunsets to keep you up
After venturing to the lovely Isle of Oronsay, soaking up a relaxing night in Loch Melfort and installing some new batteries in the very...


Extending the comfort zone and a "wee dram"
Many a time I have found the most rewarding moments to be when you realise that you have been operating in your stretch zone ( way...
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