Freya & Us
| Vessel Name: | Freya of Wight |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Westerly Oceanranger |
| Hailing Port: | Portishead |
03 December 2019 | Bristol - 8,443 NM
2019 by the numbers
Eighth year of cruising completed. This year’s numbers are:
05 November 2019 | Mytilini - 8,443 NM
I don’t want to alarm you but......
We had 10 days in Mytilini before our visitors arrived. We spent the time being very sociable with our fellow yachties. As well as Gordon and Louise on Camira we were joined by Edward on Windhoos from the Netherlands and Uva from Germany. A few bleary mornings were testament to the good nights had by [...]
18 October 2019 | Mytilini, Lesbos - 8,413 NM
Overnight to Molyvos
Our overnight passage was beautiful. We left Samothraki just before 5.00 pm to do 78 miles ensuring we arrived in daylight. The sea was totally flat and we had a gentle breeze allowing the main to give us a bit of assistance. The moon was almost full and already rising as we left and it lit our way until [...]
11 October 2019 | Molyvos, Lesbos - 8,379 NM
Samothraki
It was time to start heading south and back to Lesvos for the winter. We left Porto Lagos having really enjoyed our few days, there even though it felt as we left as soon as we’d arrived. 37 miles away was our next stop, Samothraki. A small island made of a large chunk of marble a long way from anywhere [...]
04 October 2019 | Porto Lagos - 8,263 NM
Twitchers
Our first night back in Kavala turned out to be very long! One of the big ferries arrived shortly after us which isn't normally a problem but it clearly wasn't going anywhere soon but kept his engine running all night. Added to that the whole fishing fleet must've returned for the weekend passing very [...]
02 October 2019 | Porto Lagos - 8,263 NM
A bus trip to Thessaloniki
A very pleasant 20 NM downwind motorsail past a couple of oil rigs took us to Ormos Eleftheriou. We had to come here as it’s Rita’s (Paul’s sister) family name. It’s a beautiful, big horseshoe shaped bay with small islands dotted about it, a few smaller bays plus a castle and sandy beaches. After [...]
On Holiday
After a few days in the same place, our gypsy genes started to play up and we decided to hire a camper van to continue our tour. We spent a few days exploring the lakes and the Tajo national park east of Madrid, before returning to the city to collect Lorraine's mum who joined us in the van for the remainder of the month. After spending a day showing her the sights of Madrid we initially headed south to begin a loop through the towns of Toledo, Trujila, Caceres, Salamanca, Avila and Segovia. In each of the towns we were amazed by depth of history embodied in their architecture, city walls, cathedrals and palaces dating back to the middle ages and even earlier - with Roman walls, stadiums and a magnificent and truly monumental aqueduct in Segovia. We were equally amazed by the snow capped mountains and the cold of central Spain. We spent most of the trip 1,000m above sea level and while this made for some dramatic scenery it also meant some very cold nights.
We are now back in the UK and plan to chill out for a while with family and friends and then do some property maintenance. We hope to return to Freya in the spring to re-commission her ready to start cruising again.
Thanks to all of you who have commented on the blog and by email. We hope to see you all while we are in the UK. Next entry will be in March or April 2012.
