The Tomlin-Davies Crew on Annalee

We planned on spending a day relaxing before the next two legs of the trip, so had a leisurely breakfast and took the train to Bruges. What a picturesque place it is, we walked around exploring picture postcard streets and had lunch at a place called Books & Brunch. They stocked lots of books in all [...]

05 August 2019 | Mercator Marina Ostend

Day 1 Dover to Ostend

We arrived in Dover late on Sunday evening having cheered Millie through the 200m Backstroke finals at Sheffield in the late afternoon. A dash down the M1 in torrential rain followed by a quick pit-stop at home to collect Will and the stuff we needed for the boat and we were once again on our way southwards. We [...]

24 August 2017 | Bay of Roses

Back to Spain

We finally managed to get away from Golfe de Juan. It was a really nice place but it wasn't part of the plan to spend so long there!

20 August 2017 | Golfe de Juan

Stuck in Golfe de Juan (or the black hole)

There has been no blog post for a few days as we've had, what seems like an escalating set of problems that needed sorting. On our way to Golfe de Juan - for what was planned to be a one-night stopover to refuel, water and visit the international fireworks display in Cannes - we experienced more engine [...]

Finally in France

We managed to finally get over to France in a weather window. Leaving NE Spain on Sunday morning, we sailed until 23:30 to reach a town called La Ciotat which has a marina and a large bay, in which we anchored.

12 August 2017 | Playa Guilloia

Playa Gulloia

12 August 2017 | Playa Guilloia

Si; NNE4-5, smooth sea, sunny

On Friday we moved from Roses to Cadaqués in windy conditions again -although thankfully the sea was smooth as the wind was gusting from the land and we were hugging the coast line. It was a relatively short journey of about three hours and we picked up a mooring buoy off the very picturesque town (see photo album for pics).

After food we went ashore and found a nice creperie to round off the evening!

This morning, Mel and Si went ashore for a walk around the harbour and coast line to the next bay called Port Lligat, where Salvador Dali had his summer residence. It was a pleasant walk with a rugged coastline reminiscent of Gower; Limestone cliffs giving way to small bays and beaches with lots of rock pools.

We left our mooring in Cadaqés and headed north again as short way to our current anchorage. It's hard to believe that this is the first time we've managed to anchor this holiday. The anchorage is very picturesque, but - as a result- very busy. We expect that many of the boats will leave later this afternoon and look forward to a peaceful night. Anyway the good news is that the wind is due to die down from this afternoon and, as I write this, it seems to be doing so. We are hoping tomorrow will see us able to cross the Golfe de Lion to France!

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