| 07/20/2012 |
The Kapiti Coast airport |
| 07/20/2012 |
First cousin twice removed |
| 07/18/2012 |
Penguins and puffer fish |
| 07/17/2012 |
Taking the ferry |
| 07/16/2012 |
Audrey Hepburn |
| 07/10/2012 |
Back to Rivendell |
| 07/05/2012 |
Frost and fog |
| 07/05/2012 |
Some practicalities before leaving (including advice to cruisers) |
| 07/04/2012 |
Wonderful Shanghai Museum |
| 07/03/2012 |
On the river at last |
| 07/03/2012 |
Big boys toys |
| 07/03/2012 |
Tianzifang aka Camden |
| 07/02/2012 |
Not all the lights are brands |
| 07/02/2012 |
The lights of booming China |
| 07/02/2012 |
The highest observatory in the world |
| 07/02/2012 |
The tiki tour |
| 07/02/2012 |
We would have liked to go to sea |
| 07/01/2012 |
Jade! Burma! Buddha! |
| 07/01/2012 |
M50 |
| 06/30/2012 |
More travels with bear |
| 06/30/2012 |
Dinner (always very important) |
| 06/30/2012 |
Arrival in China |
| 06/29/2012 |
Up up and away |
| 06/26/2012 |
Kiwi coffee - simply the best. |
| 06/16/2012 |
Suffolk Pride |
| 06/14/2012 |
Leaving the joys of Elba behind. |
| 06/12/2012 |
Portoferraio again |
| 06/10/2012 |
Visiting and revisiting |
| 06/06/2012 |
Athens at last |
| 06/05/2012 |
A sailing day |
| 06/03/2012 |
Questions, questions |
| 06/03/2012 |
Threshing |
| 05/29/2012 |
Belated blogging (all will become clear!) |
| 05/15/2012 |
The sea eats away at the rocks |
| 05/13/2012 |
Different Bays |
| 05/05/2012 |
Cruising is ... moving stuff about |
| 05/03/2012 |
The Ladies of Valetta |
| 05/01/2012 |
Horses, diamonds and day shapes |
| 04/29/2012 |
back to Malta (briefly) |
| 07/24/2011 |
Stranded |
| 09/07/2010 |
Pampering |
| 09/05/2010 |
Cooling the legs |
| 09/02/2010 |
Manoel Island Yacht Yard |
| 08/27/2010 |
Lovely friends |
| 08/26/2010 |
Kicking back |
| 08/21/2010 |
Qala Dwejra |
| 08/20/2010 |
Qala St Marku |
| 08/20/2010 |
Entry to Malta |
| 08/18/2010 |
Practical points about Siracuse |
| 08/17/2010 |
And the museum |
| 08/17/2010 |
The archaeological park |
| 08/16/2010 |
Clear water and papyrus |
| 08/16/2010 |
Cathedrals then and since |
| 08/15/2010 |
The Madonna blesses the waters. |
| 08/15/2010 |
Choosing the anchorage |
| 08/15/2010 |
Entering Siracuse harbour |
| 08/15/2010 |
Molly on the job |
| 08/15/2010 |
Fireworks |
| 08/14/2010 |
Where did we get to? |
| 08/13/2010 |
South east corner |
| 08/12/2010 |
Party town |
| 08/12/2010 |
Platforms and calms |
| 08/10/2010 |
Marsala |
| 08/10/2010 |
Currents! Tides! |
| 08/09/2010 |
Dolphins and shooting stars |
| 08/08/2010 |
Powerful women |
| 08/08/2010 |
Bronzes and more |
| 08/08/2010 |
What over a thousand euros looks like |
| 08/04/2010 |
To Cagliari |
| 08/01/2010 |
Tack, tack, tacking |
| 07/31/2010 |
St Maria de Navarrese |
| 07/30/2010 |
Seriously going south |
| 07/26/2010 |
Ancient Sardinia |
| 07/26/2010 |
Olbia |
| 07/25/2010 |
Mothers look away now: the story of Maurice |
| 07/20/2010 |
Leaving Costa Smeralda (with pleasure) |
| 07/18/2010 |
Moving to Cala di Volpe |
| 07/18/2010 |
Fat cats in fat boats! |
| 07/17/2010 |
Eviction! Anchoring banned at Porto Cervo |
| 07/16/2010 |
Honourable win on points |
| 07/16/2010 |
Race! |
| 07/16/2010 |
Batteries and forts |
| 07/16/2010 |
Quarries |
| 07/16/2010 |
Hunting birds |
| 07/15/2010 |
Cala Villamarina |
| 07/14/2010 |
Boat in trouble |
| 07/14/2010 |
Dolphins, crystals, rigs and rangefinders |
| 07/13/2010 |
Norwegian encounter |
| 07/12/2010 |
Round the Island |
| 07/11/2010 |
The home of the Hero |
| 07/11/2010 |
Dinghy ashore |
| 07/10/2010 |
Cala Garibaldi |
| 07/09/2010 |
Flushing rocks |
| 07/07/2010 |
Banned beach |
| 07/07/2010 |
Lessons from Cala Nord |
| 07/07/2010 |
Adieu to France (perhaps) |
| 07/06/2010 |
To Cavallo |
| 07/06/2010 |
Flowers and lizards |
| 07/06/2010 |
Ashore on Lavezzi |
| 07/05/2010 |
Rocky islands and tiny anchorages |
| 07/05/2010 |
White cliffs of Corsica |
| 07/05/2010 |
Aboard in harbour |
| 07/04/2010 |
Castles and sieges |
| 07/03/2010 |
Safe harbour |
| 07/03/2010 |
Bonifacio calanque |
| 07/03/2010 |
Baie de S Reparata |
| 07/02/2010 |
Capo Testa |
| 07/02/2010 |
The travelling bear |
| 07/02/2010 |
Heading north again |
| 07/01/2010 |
Gardening in the street |
| 07/01/2010 |
Modernisation of traditional craft |
| 07/01/2010 |
Weaving natural fibres |
| 07/01/2010 |
The bell tower and castle |
| 07/01/2010 |
Castelsardo |
| 06/28/2010 |
White donkeys |
| 06/28/2010 |
The moorings themselves |
| 06/28/2010 |
Past the reef |
| 06/28/2010 |
Pte di Trabuccatto |
| 06/28/2010 |
To Asinara |
| 06/27/2010 |
Monsieur Lion |
| 06/27/2010 |
Roccapina |
| 06/26/2010 |
Round Senetosa |
| 06/26/2010 |
Changes afoot |
| 06/25/2010 |
To Campomoro |
| 06/25/2010 |
The natural sounds of Corsica |
| 06/25/2010 |
8000 years |
| 06/24/2010 |
Onwards at last |
| 06/23/2010 |
Public transport in Corsica |
| 06/23/2010 |
Turtles galore |
| 06/21/2010 |
Staying put |
| 06/20/2010 |
Stormy fingers |
| 06/18/2010 |
Defences |
| 06/16/2010 |
Un cadeau pour Ajaccio |
| 06/15/2010 |
Iles Sanguinaire |
| 06/14/2010 |
Cargese |
| 06/14/2010 |
Capu Rossu |
| 06/13/2010 |
While we're on the subject |
| 06/13/2010 |
How to s**t in the woods |
| 06/13/2010 |
The postman's lot |
| 06/11/2010 |
Gulf of Girolata/Ghjirolatu |
| 06/11/2010 |
Pointe Palazzo and Ile Gargalu |
| 06/11/2010 |
Coast of Scandola |
| 06/09/2010 |
Corte |
| 05/28/2010 |
Calvi town |
| 05/28/2010 |
Calvi anchorage |
| 05/26/2010 |
Passage to Calvi and the Danger |
| 05/25/2010 |
A long march |
| 05/25/2010 |
St Florent |
| 05/25/2010 |
Arriving at the Golfe de St Florent |
| 05/25/2010 |
Rounding Cap Corse – the ruminations |
| 05/25/2010 |
Rounding Cap Corse – the pilotage |
| 05/25/2010 |
Sunrise in Macinaggio |
| 05/25/2010 |
Goodbye to Elba |
| 05/25/2010 |
The walk to La Cala: our last Elba hike, and the last dinner |
| 05/25/2010 |
Marciana Marina – notes on the harbour |
| 05/22/2010 |
Back in France |
| 05/20/2010 |
A short passage |
| 05/20/2010 |
Anchoring rant! |
| 05/19/2010 |
Power generation |
| 05/19/2010 |
Police behaviour |
| 05/19/2010 |
The three strong crew of Aquila |
| 05/19/2010 |
Gastronomic explorations |
| 05/19/2010 |
Exploring Elba |
| 05/19/2010 |
Portoferraio update |
| 05/12/2010 |
Losing the plot in the city of renewal |
| 05/12/2010 |
San Giovanni in Lateran |
| 05/12/2010 |
San Clemente basilica |
| 05/10/2010 |
More comments on passarelles |
| 05/09/2010 |
Getting off the boat while tied up – the introduction to passarelles |
| 05/09/2010 |
Ostia Lido |
| 05/09/2010 |
The Ara Pracis |
| 05/09/2010 |
Views of Rome |
| 05/04/2010 |
Portoferraio |
| 05/03/2010 |
Back in Elba |
| 04/27/2010 |
Ile Rousse |
| 04/24/2010 |
The Capitolini Museums |
| 04/24/2010 |
Long term goddess worship |
| 04/24/2010 |
Piazza del Campidoglio |
| 04/24/2010 |
Steps |
| 04/24/2010 |
Rain and more rain |
| 04/23/2010 |
Games to drink with. |
| 04/22/2010 |
Eels and slashed sleeves |
| 04/22/2010 |
St Peter's at last |
| 04/22/2010 |
Blog upgrade |
| 04/21/2010 |
Dinghy attacked |
| 04/18/2010 |
Compass clean-up |
| 04/14/2010 |
Close up to the marks |
| 04/14/2010 |
Anchor chain |
| 04/12/2010 |
Victualling |
| 04/11/2010 |
Guard rails |
| 04/10/2010 |
Pizza (with trimmings) |
| 04/10/2010 |
Gini and Albi |
| 04/10/2010 |
Easter breakfast at the neighbours |
| 04/10/2010 |
Changing a lightbulb |
| 04/10/2010 |
Everyone's at it |
| 04/10/2010 |
Hanging around |
| 04/08/2010 |
Chasing the ferret |
| 04/07/2010 |
Working on the boat |
| 04/06/2010 |
Electricity |
| 04/06/2010 |
And Lucy came too |
| 04/06/2010 |
Good Friday in Rome |
| 04/06/2010 |
Rebuilding and re-use |
| 04/06/2010 |
The glories of Rome |
| 04/06/2010 |
Ropes and springs |
| 03/26/2010 |
On our way |
| 03/26/2010 |
And another thing |
| 03/26/2010 |
Laproscopy: from the inside |
| 03/26/2010 |
Fitness, health and the creaking of joints. |
| 03/26/2010 |
Birthdays as well |
| 03/26/2010 |
A long winter |
| 10/11/2009 |
Huge amounts of sightseeing |
| 10/02/2009 |
Getting to Rome from Ostia |
| 10/01/2009 |
Porto Turistioo di Roma |
| 09/29/2009 |
Carry on up the Tiber |
| 09/28/2009 |
The old lighthouse of the Tiber |
| 09/28/2009 |
Cabo Linaro |
| 09/28/2009 |
Riva di Traiano |
| 09/26/2009 |
Isola di Giannutri |
| 09/26/2009 |
Line astern |
| 09/25/2009 |
Isola del Giglio |
| 09/24/2009 |
Porto Azzurro |
| 09/24/2009 |
The anchorage at Porto Azzuro |
| 09/24/2009 |
Unexpected islands |
| 09/24/2009 |
The old man of Nisportino |
| 09/22/2009 |
Shades of grey |
| 09/22/2009 |
Here's the proof! |
| 09/22/2009 |
Anchoring at the eastern end of Rade di Portoferraio |
| 09/21/2009 |
Biodola |
| 09/21/2009 |
Cabo d'Enfola |
| 09/20/2009 |
Very, very wet! |
| 09/19/2009 |
More watersports |
| 09/19/2009 |
A shag? Or great crested grebes |
| 09/19/2009 |
Walking inland |
| 09/18/2009 |
San Giovanni |
| 09/18/2009 |
Of Darsenas and dinghies |
| 09/17/2009 |
Elba at last |
| 09/16/2009 |
Church of the Crucifixion |
| 09/16/2009 |
Goats |
| 09/16/2009 |
Lizards |
| 09/16/2009 |
Ravens |
| 09/15/2009 |
Elusive Elba |
| 09/13/2009 |
A simple ancient church |
| 09/13/2009 |
It's not a water tower |
| 09/12/2009 |
Very pretty – but very dear |
| 09/12/2009 |
Best of sailing |
| 09/11/2009 |
View from the Hill |
| 09/11/2009 |
Ghiberti's doors |
| 09/11/2009 |
The great Duomo of Florence |
| 09/10/2009 |
Passion and rage |
| 09/10/2009 |
The ever-beautiful |
| 09/09/2009 |
Hurrah for Haring |
| 09/09/2009 |
Of Fiacres and … |
| 09/09/2009 |
More of the Campo dei Miracoli |
| 09/09/2009 |
The Duomo |
| 09/09/2009 |
Holding it up, of course |
| 09/09/2009 |
What do you think they're doing? |
| 09/08/2009 |
Berthing in the river |
| 09/08/2009 |
Entering the Arno |
| 09/08/2009 |
More Alps |
| 09/07/2009 |
Singing in the Square |
| 09/06/2009 |
Dancing – ashore and afloat |
| 09/05/2009 |
Gardens, statues, museums |
| 09/04/2009 |
The other face of the passage |
| 09/04/2009 |
Pretty but rolly and expensive |
| 09/04/2009 |
Morning caller |
| 09/02/2009 |
Round to Le Grazie |
| 09/02/2009 |
Lovely swim |
| 09/02/2009 |
An excellent anchorage |
| 09/02/2009 |
Serendipitous moorings |
| 09/02/2009 |
The Cinque Terre |
| 09/02/2009 |
Shades of grey |
| 09/02/2009 |
Here's the proof! |
| 09/02/2009 |
Anchoring at the eastern end of Rade di Portoferraio |
| 09/02/2009 |
Anchoring at the eastern end of Rade di Portoferraio |
| 09/02/2009 |
Anchoring at the eastern end of Rade di Portoferraio |
| 09/01/2009 |
A spell or a harbour? |
| 08/31/2009 |
Passing Portofino |
| 08/30/2009 |
More high views |
| 08/30/2009 |
Why do they call it a 'genoa'? |
| 08/30/2009 |
Museum of the sea |
| 08/29/2009 |
The roofs of Genoa |
| 08/29/2009 |
Palazzi everywhere |
| 08/28/2009 |
A special welcome |
| 08/28/2009 |
Another rolly night |
| 08/28/2009 |
Riviera de Flori (& comments on the weather) |
| 08/26/2009 |
The Gardens of Queen Elena |
| 08/26/2009 |
Kettles |
| 08/26/2009 |
Mediaeval San Remo |
| 08/23/2009 |
The other side |
| 08/23/2009 |
Entering San Remo |
| 08/23/2009 |
Crossing the border |
| 08/22/2009 |
Paradise? Hah! |
| 08/20/2009 |
In the view |
| 08/20/2009 |
Musee de Picasso |
| 08/19/2009 |
Cool hotels |
| 08/18/2009 |
Company |
| 08/18/2009 |
On our way! |
| 08/17/2009 |
Recovering from up the mast! |
| 08/16/2009 |
Afloat at last |
| 08/11/2009 |
Lots of Louvre windows |
| 08/10/2009 |
Romantic pictures |
| 08/10/2009 |
Night Cruise |
| 08/10/2009 |
Paris! |
| 08/05/2009 |
Visiting Cardiff |
| 07/26/2009 |
Bathroom done |
| 07/26/2009 |
Property plutocrats? |
| 07/25/2009 |
Getting ready to move again |
| 04/12/2009 |
Preparing for summer |
| 04/12/2009 |
Easter at Home |
| 03/30/2009 |
Very sad news |
| 02/01/2009 |
And the lion! |
| 02/01/2009 |
New Year in central London |
| 11/02/2008 |
Back home! |
| 09/13/2008 |
Aliens! |
| 08/25/2008 |
The last anchorage |
| 08/21/2008 |
Thar she blows! |
| 08/19/2008 |
A rather larger vessel |
| 08/19/2008 |
The high life |
| 08/18/2008 |
A fab sail |
| 08/17/2008 |
A wee bop |
| 08/17/2008 |
Back to Theoule |
| 08/17/2008 |
Ile de la Tradeliere |
| 08/16/2008 |
Eruptions in Haute Provence? |
| 08/15/2008 |
Painted Pointus |
| 08/15/2008 |
Festival of the Assumption |
| 08/13/2008 |
So pink, dahling! |
| 08/13/2008 |
Queens of Egypt |
| 08/13/2008 |
Superyachts galore |
| 08/13/2008 |
Decadence and glamour |
| 08/12/2008 |
New experiences for Liz |
| 08/12/2008 |
The new sail |
| 08/02/2008 |
Bronze goddesses |
| 08/02/2008 |
Rue Obscure |
| 08/01/2008 |
Messing about in boats |
| 08/01/2008 |
Harbour and anchorage |
| 07/26/2008 |
To the Festival |
| 07/26/2008 |
The Old Town |
| 07/24/2008 |
Chapelle Matisse |
| 07/24/2008 |
The other Alps |
| 07/24/2008 |
Tiny roads |
| 07/24/2008 |
Boundary river |
| 07/24/2008 |
Villages Perchés |
| 07/23/2008 |
Melted stone: scented town |
| 07/22/2008 |
All that Jazz |
| 07/21/2008 |
Bassin Lympia |
| 07/21/2008 |
Shoehorned in |
| 07/21/2008 |
Crater Rim or spaceship? |
| 07/18/2008 |
Antibes |
| 07/16/2008 |
Is it a trimaran? |
| 07/16/2008 |
Water harvesting and storage |
| 07/16/2008 |
Why here? |
| 07/16/2008 |
Anchored under armour |
| 07/15/2008 |
More lunch! |
| 07/15/2008 |
The Conductor |
| 07/15/2008 |
American Romantics |
| 07/14/2008 |
Whizz! Bang! |
| 07/14/2008 |
Flying the Flag |
| 07/12/2008 |
Thčoule and the Port de la Rague |
| 07/11/2008 |
The Esterel Massif |
| 07/11/2008 |
The other end of the spectrum |
| 07/10/2008 |
A few ordinary boats |
| 07/10/2008 |
Pirate treasure |
| 07/10/2008 |
Ashore! |
| 07/07/2008 |
More on anchoring: this time crowding |
| 07/07/2008 |
Baie de Canabiers |
| 07/07/2008 |
A word on anchoring and weed. |
| 07/06/2008 |
Beach and Buoys |
| 07/06/2008 |
Port de Cavalaire-sur-mer |
| 07/06/2008 |
Passage to Cavalaire and St Tropez |
| 07/05/2008 |
The rubbish run |
| 07/04/2008 |
Family friends? |
| 07/03/2008 |
Port Man |
| 07/01/2008 |
Downsides |
| 07/01/2008 |
Gorge du Loup |
| 06/30/2008 |
Gentle anchorages |
| 06/28/2008 |
Passage to Ile Porquerolle |
| 06/26/2008 |
Not only Auckland but Hollywood (or at least Hove). |
| 06/26/2008 |
Entrance to La Ciotat |
| 06/25/2008 |
Ah! There she flies. |
| 06/25/2008 |
That rhino again |
| 06/23/2008 |
Eating in the cockpit |
| 06/23/2008 |
Beautiful waters |
| 06/23/2008 |
Entrance to Port Miou |
| 06/23/2008 |
The Calanques |
| 06/23/2008 |
Spectacular walls – very close |
| 06/22/2008 |
No sailing this time |
| 06/22/2008 |
Church of sailors |
| 06/21/2008 |
Still hot! |
| 06/21/2008 |
Party, party! |
| 06/20/2008 |
Vieux Port |
| 06/20/2008 |
Sails and all! |
| 06/20/2008 |
Escape at last |
| 06/19/2008 |
Speaking of Mudskipper |
| 06/19/2008 |
Hello Golfe de Fos |
| 06/19/2008 |
Goodbye Port Napoleon |
| 06/11/2008 |
Party |
| 06/10/2008 |
Afloat! |
| 06/10/2008 |
The mouth of the mighty Rhone |
| 06/10/2008 |
Up! Close! |
| 06/10/2008 |
Ooops – replacing halyards |
| 05/22/2008 |
Drowning in colour |
| 05/22/2008 |
Citadel town |
| 05/22/2008 |
Garden lunch |
| 05/12/2008 |
Packing |
| 05/06/2008 |
Bluebells, summer visitors and Hornblower |
| 05/03/2008 |
Camaragaise harness |
| 05/01/2008 |
Bloody cows |
| 04/30/2008 |
Falmouth arrival |
| 04/29/2008 |
I am not dangerous |
| 04/28/2008 |
Really bad weather |
| 04/27/2008 |
Tall ships |
| 04/26/2008 |
A long day |
| 04/25/2008 |
Up and down |
| 04/24/2008 |
Crossing the border |
| 04/17/2008 |
Home, sweet home |
| 04/12/2008 |
Trains and buses |
| 04/08/2008 |
Goodbye for now |
| 04/06/2008 |
Rainbow Warrior |
| 04/04/2008 |
Last view of the Pacific |
| 04/02/2008 |
Reunion! |
| 04/01/2008 |
Suckling seals |
| 03/31/2008 |
And here we are |
| 03/31/2008 |
Crystal purity |
| 03/31/2008 |
Clear waters rising |
| 03/30/2008 |
Mists and mud |
| 03/27/2008 |
Rest and herons |
| 03/26/2008 |
Heavy stretch |
| 03/26/2008 |
Resolution Bay |
| 03/26/2008 |
The first hill |
| 03/21/2008 |
Equinoctal sunset |
| 03/21/2008 |
Foxton |
| 03/21/2008 |
The friendly Civic Centre |
| 03/21/2008 |
Waitaha Pa |
| 03/21/2008 |
Tane-Mahuta at the junction |
| 03/21/2008 |
Romantic oysters |
| 03/21/2008 |
Millenarian oysters |
| 03/21/2008 |
Notes on a peak |
| 03/21/2008 |
Another sacred mountain |
| 03/20/2008 |
Culvert |
| 03/20/2008 |
Koriniti |
| 03/20/2008 |
Continuous change |
| 03/20/2008 |
Walled streams |
| 03/20/2008 |
Letter Boxes |
| 03/20/2008 |
Jerusalem in the bush |
| 03/19/2008 |
The view from the mountain |
| 03/18/2008 |
Carrot with Pip |
| 03/18/2008 |
Sunset over Taranaki |
| 03/17/2008 |
Green Fire Islands: total magic |
| 03/16/2008 |
Sunset Beach |
| 03/16/2008 |
More limestone |
| 03/16/2008 |
Kawhia harbour |
| 03/16/2008 |
The road to Kawhia |
| 03/15/2008 |
North again |
| 03/14/2008 |
Susannah Baca |
| 03/14/2008 |
Election year |
| 03/14/2008 |
Music! Dance! Action! |
| 03/13/2008 |
Sacred peak |
| 03/11/2008 |
Ski-fields and flying fox |
| 03/11/2008 |
Goblins and epiphytes |
| 03/11/2008 |
Elegant falls |
| 03/11/2008 |
Saddles and views |
| 03/10/2008 |
Falls and poles |
| 03/10/2008 |
Forgotten World Highway |
| 03/09/2008 |
Vegetation |
| 03/09/2008 |
Tongariro twitching? |
| 03/09/2008 |
Vistas |
| 03/09/2008 |
Mordor |
| 03/09/2008 |
Emerald Lakes |
| 03/09/2008 |
Ash slide |
| 03/09/2008 |
Red crater |
| 03/09/2008 |
Ngaurohoe veiled |
| 03/09/2008 |
Sarah's volcano climb |
| 03/08/2008 |
Pip's wilderness adventure |
| 03/07/2008 |
In training |
| 03/07/2008 |
Gold and silver: iron and silica |
| 03/04/2008 |
Mt Ruapehu |
| 03/04/2008 |
Astonishing volcanoes |
| 03/02/2008 |
Oystercatchers and Pipi |
| 03/01/2008 |
More mining history |
| 02/29/2008 |
Above Cathedral Cove |
| 02/28/2008 |
Working in Wentworth Valley |
| 02/28/2008 |
Moving the pump-house |
| 02/28/2008 |
That's a big hole |
| 02/27/2008 |
Waka in Tauranga |
| 02/26/2008 |
Back to harbour |
| 02/26/2008 |
A barren place? |
| 02/26/2008 |
Rusty flows |
| 02/26/2008 |
Ever changing |
| 02/26/2008 |
It's pretty big |
| 02/26/2008 |
Crater lake |
| 02/26/2008 |
Getting close to the sulphur |
| 02/26/2008 |
Smoke and sulphur |
| 02/26/2008 |
Tender ashore |
| 02/26/2008 |
Arrival at Whakaari |
| 02/26/2008 |
Whakatane harbour bar |
| 02/25/2008 |
Wairaka: the naming of Whakatane |
| 02/25/2008 |
Rather ordinary lake Rotoehu |
| 02/25/2008 |
Regenerating bush |
| 02/25/2008 |
Hinehopu's forest, Hongi's track |
| 02/25/2008 |
Long lost cousins |
| 02/24/2008 |
The hunt for taonga |
| 02/24/2008 |
St Faith's Church |
| 02/24/2008 |
Kuirau Park |
| 02/23/2008 |
Pip in the park |
| 02/23/2008 |
Stupid birds |
| 02/23/2008 |
A river runs through it |
| 02/23/2008 |
Epiphytes again |
| 02/23/2008 |
The finest forest in Aotearoa? |
| 02/23/2008 |
A fisher in hot mud |
| 02/23/2008 |
Rift Valley |
| 02/23/2008 |
Ruatapu Cave: mirror or wishing well? |
| 02/23/2008 |
Eerie landscape |
| 02/23/2008 |
Details of the colours |
| 02/23/2008 |
Kakariki: the Emerald Terraces |
| 02/23/2008 |
Lake Ohakuri |
| 02/22/2008 |
Blue 'moorhens' |
| 02/22/2008 |
Sarah's first ever geyser |
| 02/21/2008 |
Oh yes and the wine! |
| 02/21/2008 |
Off to the races |
| 02/20/2008 |
The other former State Cinema |
| 02/20/2008 |
The former State Cinema |
| 02/20/2008 |
The Bank |
| 02/20/2008 |
Aotearoa Art Deco |
| 02/20/2008 |
Art Deco City |
| 02/20/2008 |
Earthquake uplift |
| 02/18/2008 |
Down on the farm |
| 02/18/2008 |
All dressed up |
| 02/18/2008 |
One pony tail to another |
| 02/18/2008 |
Really, it's horses |
| 02/18/2008 |
Sausages this autumn |
| 02/18/2008 |
Greedy birds |
| 02/17/2008 |
More steam |
| 02/17/2008 |
Winching away |
| 02/17/2008 |
Crowned boats |
| 02/17/2008 |
Harbour tours |
| 02/17/2008 |
Dancing tug |
| 02/17/2008 |
Ferries, helicopters; what a day |
| 02/16/2008 |
Pacifika Wellington |
| 02/14/2008 |
Further south again |
| 02/14/2008 |
Fighting Fish |
| 02/14/2008 |
Mount Bruce reserve |
| 02/14/2008 |
Avenue walks |
| 02/14/2008 |
Rata carving |
| 02/13/2008 |
Luxurious dinner |
| 02/13/2008 |
Sweet Martinborough |
| 02/13/2008 |
Winter gorge |
| 02/13/2008 |
Summer streams |
| 02/13/2008 |
Castles in the air |
| 02/13/2008 |
More astonishing geology |
| 02/13/2008 |
Aotearoa |
| 02/12/2008 |
High cliffs in the south of the north |
| 02/12/2008 |
Glowering skies over the lake |
| 02/11/2008 |
Bluebridge |
| 02/11/2008 |
Off to North Island |
| 02/07/2008 |
Sushi on the beach |
| 02/07/2008 |
Short walk in the New Zealand Bush |
| 02/07/2008 |
More home comforts |
| 02/06/2008 |
Waitangi Day |
| 02/03/2008 |
Retail moments |
| 02/02/2008 |
Blessings on Lou for an improved quality of life |
| 02/01/2008 |
Is DOC having a laugh? |
| 02/01/2008 |
Serious highway engineering |
| 02/01/2008 |
Weather closing in |
| 02/01/2008 |
More tea, weka? |
| 02/01/2008 |
Begging birds |
| 01/30/2008 |
Weka of the West |
| 01/30/2008 |
Kokeno Pups |
| 01/30/2008 |
Wall Island |
| 01/30/2008 |
Rainbows in the rock |
| 01/30/2008 |
Pancakes at Punakaiki |
| 01/30/2008 |
Rapahoe and Point Elizabeth |
| 01/29/2008 |
Sunset over the Tasman |
| 01/29/2008 |
Now that's a tackroom! |
| 01/29/2008 |
Hansom cab in the hills |
| 01/29/2008 |
Working horses |
| 01/29/2008 |
More steam |
| 01/28/2008 |
Panning for gold |
| 01/28/2008 |
Scaup |
| 01/28/2008 |
Herons |
| 01/27/2008 |
Looking west |
| 01/27/2008 |
Gossamer and rock |
| 01/27/2008 |
Possibly Paradise |
| 01/26/2008 |
Inside the cave |
| 01/26/2008 |
Cave |
| 01/26/2008 |
On the ice |
| 01/26/2008 |
Ice and more ice |
| 01/26/2008 |
Ice and Trees |
| 01/25/2008 |
Why it took a Kiwi to film Lord of the Rings |
| 01/25/2008 |
Minnehaha's secret places |
| 01/25/2008 |
Ice hats |
| 01/25/2008 |
Extreme danger |
| 01/25/2008 |
The tongue |
| 01/25/2008 |
The Valley |
| 01/25/2008 |
Glittering stones |
| 01/25/2008 |
Cliff walls |
| 01/25/2008 |
Milk water |
| 01/25/2008 |
Ice |
| 01/24/2008 |
Sunset over Fish Hill |
| 01/24/2008 |
Hercules last year; now Haast |
| 01/24/2008 |
Swings and gorges |
| 01/24/2008 |
Blue Pools |
| 01/24/2008 |
No one in sight |
| 01/23/2008 |
Oysters at Lake Wanaka |
| 01/23/2008 |
Lambies |
| 01/23/2008 |
Chuff chuff! |
| 01/23/2008 |
Walls of water |
| 01/22/2008 |
Tui |
| 01/22/2008 |
Resurrection? Just. |
| 01/22/2008 |
Kea! |
| 01/22/2008 |
Tunnels |
| 01/22/2008 |
The Chasm |
| 01/22/2008 |
Bowen Falls |
| 01/22/2008 |
Black coral |
| 01/22/2008 |
Wetting the bowsprit |
| 01/22/2008 |
The joys of rainfall |
| 01/21/2008 |
Harrison's Cove |
| 01/21/2008 |
Up close and personal |
| 01/21/2008 |
Milford Mariner |
| 01/21/2008 |
Romantic scenery |
| 01/21/2008 |
Afloat again |
| 01/21/2008 |
Long and Winding Road |
| 01/21/2008 |
Scaup gone |
| 01/21/2008 |
Who is the fairest? |
| 01/20/2008 |
Lake Monowai |
| 01/20/2008 |
Bluff |
| 01/20/2008 |
Leather on trees |
| 01/20/2008 |
Henry the Dinosaur |
| 01/19/2008 |
Sheep and more sheep |
| 01/19/2008 |
The Only Way is Up, Now |
| 01/19/2008 |
Lighthouse in the South |
| 01/19/2008 |
Unique co-existence |
| 01/19/2008 |
Pip ahoy! |
| 01/19/2008 |
Rock born of wood |
| 01/19/2008 |
A long time back |
| 01/19/2008 |
Under the trees |
| 01/19/2008 |
Birch or beech? |
| 01/19/2008 |
Epiphytes or not to ephiphyte? |
| 01/19/2008 |
More icons |
| 01/18/2008 |
Bush and ferns |
| 01/18/2008 |
Oystercatcher school |
| 01/18/2008 |
Iron Age villages in NZ! |
| 01/18/2008 |
More rocks |
| 01/17/2008 |
A quiet day |
| 01/17/2008 |
Spoonbills |
| 01/17/2008 |
Seal cubs |
| 01/17/2008 |
Sploshing about |
| 01/16/2008 |
Shags and dyes |
| 01/16/2008 |
Soaring and swooping |
| 01/16/2008 |
Royal broods |
| 01/16/2008 |
Ground down teeth |
| 01/16/2008 |
Turtles and flax |
| 01/16/2008 |
Rock born of mud |
| 01/16/2008 |
Boulders |
| 01/15/2008 |
Oystercatchers |
| 01/15/2008 |
Glorious sunset |
| 01/15/2008 |
Scolding penguins |
| 01/15/2008 |
Battling penguins |
| 01/15/2008 |
Maori rock art |
| 01/15/2008 |
Aoraki/Mount Cook |
| 01/15/2008 |
Sunshine |
| 01/15/2008 |
Southern Cross |
| 01/14/2008 |
Fog in the hills |
| 01/14/2008 |
Lakes and birds and blooms |
| 01/14/2008 |
Heroism again |
| 01/14/2008 |
MIssing the dolphins |
| 01/13/2008 |
Spiffy new art gallery |
| 01/13/2008 |
Pedantry and peacocks |
| 01/12/2008 |
Lots of goodies |
| 01/11/2008 |
Brrr! |
| 01/11/2008 |
Reunion |
| 01/10/2008 |
Bars and beaches |
| 01/10/2008 |
Birds, grass, river, sea |
| 01/09/2008 |
The guardian |
| 01/09/2008 |
Tono's fluke |
| 01/09/2008 |
Our first sperm whale |
| 01/09/2008 |
Listening post |
| 01/09/2008 |
Just a little way out there |
| 01/08/2008 |
Maui the fisherman |
| 01/08/2008 |
Preening on a rock |
| 01/08/2008 |
Elegance on a rock |
| 01/08/2008 |
Cliff walks and views |
| 01/08/2008 |
Geology moment |
| 01/08/2008 |
Birds everywhere |
| 01/08/2008 |
Tide in |
| 01/08/2008 |
Extraordinary landscapes |
| 01/07/2008 |
Kokeno |
| 01/06/2008 |
The Magic Wagon |
| 01/05/2008 |
Sunset |
| 01/05/2008 |
The inter-islander |
| 01/03/2008 |
Magical places |
| 01/03/2008 |
Rainforest |
| 01/02/2008 |
Exploring the NZ capital |
| 01/01/2008 |
The sea, the sea |
| 12/31/2007 |
Arrival |
| 12/30/2007 |
Devotion for all |
| 12/30/2007 |
Nine dragons (very lucky) |
| 12/30/2007 |
Rub those feet |
| 12/30/2007 |
Scaffolding |
| 12/29/2007 |
Sculpture in the dark |
| 12/29/2007 |
Smog |
| 12/29/2007 |
Finding the marina |
| 12/29/2007 |
Crowded house |
| 12/28/2007 |
Cruising Victoria Harbour |
| 12/28/2007 |
Goddesses and junks |
| 12/28/2007 |
Maritime Museum |
| 12/28/2007 |
Trams |
| 12/27/2007 |
Noodles and naughties |
| 12/27/2007 |
Peak Experience |
| 12/27/2007 |
Up the hill |
| 12/27/2007 |
Yum Cha |
| 12/27/2007 |
Hong Kong |
| 12/24/2007 |
Off again |
| 09/30/2007 |
Driving in Norfolk |
| 09/22/2007 |
Frabjous day: Fiona and Melanie's Civil Partnership |
| 09/20/2007 |
Back to work |
| 09/18/2007 |
Pip. Silversmith |
| 09/16/2007 |
The other festival |
| 09/16/2007 |
Chevaliers in Port St Louis |
| 09/15/2007 |
Emptying Roaring Girl |
| 09/13/2007 |
Arles |
| 08/31/2007 |
The grand clean-up |
| 08/31/2007 |
Mosquitoes and mistral |
| 08/31/2007 |
Port Napoleon |
| 08/27/2007 |
The entrance to Port Napoleon |
| 08/27/2007 |
The Bouches do Rhones |
| 08/27/2007 |
Fishing docks, again |
| 08/27/2007 |
Crash! |
| 08/27/2007 |
The salute |
| 08/27/2007 |
Sete up in smoke |
| 08/27/2007 |
Sete on Fete |
| 08/27/2007 |
Sete for boats |
| 08/26/2007 |
Home again |
| 08/25/2007 |
Millau Viaduct |
| 08/24/2007 |
Rudelle |
| 08/24/2007 |
Walking in the Lot |
| 08/24/2007 |
Lacapelle-Marival |
| 08/23/2007 |
The shipwright of the Virgin |
| 08/23/2007 |
Cascading Rocamadour, town of pilgrimage |
| 08/22/2007 |
To the Lot, visiting more friends |
| 08/21/2007 |
Visiting friends in Belbeze |
| 08/16/2007 |
Passage across the Golfe du Leon |
| 08/13/2007 |
Barcelona |
| 08/11/2007 |
Passage to Barcelona and pilotage |
| 08/09/2007 |
Sitges |
| 08/08/2007 |
Passage to Sitges |
| 08/05/2007 |
On our way |
| 08/05/2007 |
It's a zoo in there |
| 08/04/2007 |
Theme Park Cuidad |
| 08/04/2007 |
Architectural ambition |
| 08/03/2007 |
Valencia city |
| 08/03/2007 |
Port America's Cup, Valencia – and the rest |
| 08/02/2007 |
Port America's Cup, Valencia – pilotage |
| 07/28/2007 |
Cartagena harbour |
| 07/27/2007 |
Historic Cartegena |
| 07/25/2007 |
The hunt for a lesbian bar |
| 07/24/2007 |
Granada |
| 07/23/2007 |
The Alhambra |
| 07/23/2007 |
The Alcazabar: Fortress of the Alhambra |
| 07/23/2007 |
The Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra |
| 07/23/2007 |
Detail of decoration in the Nasrid Palaces |
| 07/23/2007 |
Gardens and open spaces in the Alhambra |
| 07/21/2007 |
More on laundry |
| 07/20/2007 |
A note on reading this blog 190707 |
| 07/20/2007 |
Cartagena 190707 |
| 07/20/2007 |
Passage to Cartagena 160707 to 180707 |
| 07/16/2007 |
Leaving Melilla |
| 07/15/2007 |
Coming out on the web! |
| 07/15/2007 |
So what did we think of Morocco? 120707 |
| 07/15/2007 |
Pilotage into Melilla |
| 07/15/2007 |
Melilla: medieval and modernist |
| 07/12/2007 |
Melilla 120707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
Passage to Melilla 100707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
Al Hoceďma 090707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
Passage to Al Hoceďma 090707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
El Jebha 070707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
Passage to El Jebha 040707 |
| 07/12/2007 |
Marina Smir 030607 |
| 07/08/2007 |
Passage to Sitges |
| 07/02/2007 |
About to leave 020707 |
| 07/02/2007 |
Oscar´s notion of Paradise 010707 |
| 07/02/2007 |
Spanish North Africa 300607 |
| 07/02/2007 |
Four years afloat |
| 07/02/2007 |
Sailing the Straits |
| 06/27/2007 |
First post - after a year away |
| 06/27/2007 |
Silver boat jewellery |
| 12/31/1969 |
Athens at last |
| 12/31/1969 |
More clear water |
| 12/31/1969 |
8000 years |
| 12/31/1969 |
Golfe de Galeria |
| 12/31/1969 |
Property plutocrats? |
| 12/31/1969 |
Sunrise over the Fort |
| 12/31/1969 |
Port Miou no longer free: update your pilot book |
| 12/31/1969 |
The Chateau d'If |
| 12/31/1969 |
Iles Frioul |
| 12/31/1969 |
Marseille entrance |
| 12/31/1969 |
Notre Dame de la Garde |
| 12/31/1969 |
Pressing onwards |
| 12/31/1969 |
Camaragaise harness |
| 12/31/1969 |
Punga log |
| 12/31/1969 |
Scaup |