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Life After Little Else......or Rambles with Alphie!

Liz Ju and Jack travel in our new campervan Alphie, to tour Orkney, or sometimes sooth.

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Alphie's Photos - 2008 in pictures

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The New Year holiday on Islay, with Morag, Sukie, Colin, Tom and Sus (not in this shot) - and Tessie

The gang on Islay, New Year 2008

The mast in a rare horizontal state, Ardfern, winter 2007-8

Antifouling, Ardfern, early 2008

From the refit, painting the lockers white with Danboline paint.

Reorganising the sink, during the winter refit, 2007-8

Ju working on the new breaker panel

Fitting the liferaft, Ardfern May 2008

Nigel fitting the liferaft, Ardfern

The liferaft, finally fitted

Motor-sailing from Crinan to Gigha, on the first day out from Ardfern.

In the west anchorage on Gigha, first night out

The Mull of Kintyre!

Our first stopover in Northern Ireland, at Glenarm. A great place, we were given dinner by our neighbours who were on a circumnavigation of Ireland.

On Belfast

Liz in the bar in Belfast opposite the Europa Hotel. Cathy introduced me to this traditional bar on a previous visit.

Liz rescuing Tilley hat, Ardglass

A yacht aground in the entrance to Ardglass

The Mountains of Mourne

Howth, Ireland

Crew catching up on reading!

Arklow, moored in the river

Tuskar Lighthouse, off Rosslare, Ireland

Kilmore Quay, a gem of a place, on the Irish south-east coast.

Sea memorial, Kilmore Quay, Ireland

Roches Point lighthouse, Cork, Ireland.

Asgard 2, seen at Crosshaven. She was to sink later in the year in Biscay.

The round-the-world Clipper race starting out on the final leg from Cork to Liverpool

Cathy and Duncan re-enacting a Viking battle, Ireland

Crosshaven, on the river Owenboy.

Little Else in Camaret

Les and David with two friends and Ju, Camaret

Bad day, France

Tom and Irene Coleman and Liz, in Camaret

Parade of sail between Brest and Douarnenez, 2008

Little Else, setting out from Concarneau for the first time, heading for Spain. Photo by Andy and Sue, on Spruce

Christine and Alain Monclair, Concarneau.

Sailing Biscay-style!

Jeff and those flags again

Jeff Wood, our delivery skipper, changing the courtesy flags.

La Coruna, midnight!

La Coruna, about as much as we saw of it!

Jeff restringing the ukelele-guitar

Cooking dinner at sea, not for the faint-hearted

Sunset at sea, on the run from La Coruna to Lagos

Sailing Biscay

Cap

Nearing Cape St Vincent, after the fog lifted

First glimpse of Cape St Vincent.

Cape St Vincent - enough to bring a tear to the eye!

Little Else arrives finally in Lagos, on the diesel pontoon

The 31 August, with celebratory Talisker, quaich and bottle of Highland Spring, to celebrate our safe arrival and tying up on our pontoon berth, B56

After the typhoon in Lagos. Muddy river Bensafrim

View from the top of the mast

A walk near Estombar

David and Sue Wilson with Ju, Sagres

Azure-winged magpie, A Rocha, Algarve

Walking in the bird reserve beside the river at Alvor

Liz

A seaplane from 1911, Maritime museum, Lisbon

Lisbon by moonlight

The splendid cable-car in Lisbon

Lisbon seen from the castle ramparts

Vasco da Gama bridge, awesome! 18 km long

Ju hovering over Lisbon

On the caravelle Boa Esperanca

The Roman temple at Evora, 3rd century BC. Holds up even through earthquakes! Sont fous, ces romains!

The magical confused walk - lunch break. We walked round in circles, eventually recognising the trees we passed!

Cathy getting to the grottos

On the walk to Sagres - lunch stop.

Ju and Liz after walking from Vila do Bispo to Sagres

Liz and Joao performing a Bob Dylan song in Lazyjacks bar

Christmas for 14.

Santas climbing the mast, Christmas 2008

Christmas dinner for 14, Spirit de Nord Est

Dressed overall for New Year

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