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

12 August 2017 | Playa Guilloia

Playa Gulloia

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 [...]

Finally in France

14 August 2017 | Anse de Cavaliere

Skipper: SE1, clear, smooth sea

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.

This morning Mel and Will took he dinghy ashore to search for bread, croissants and milk. Will deployed his French knowledge to get some very tasty food and milk for the next few days.

We set sail for Cavaliere, another anchorage, which we arrived to at about 19:30. The bay has special significance for the Skipper as we had spent a couple of family summer holidays here. Also a scene of early nautical adventures on a pedalo and topper sailing dinghy. I must confess here that I told my sisters that the dark patches of weed off the beech was water so deep that the sunlight couldn't penetrate so it must be miles deep - a certain sister (who Shall remain nameless) was somewhat perturbed by this and now claims everlasting impact including a fear of seaweed! (Sorry Sarah 😘)

Tomorrow we hope to push on to Cannes as there is a firework display. We then hope to to get to Monaco by Wednesday. There is another storm forecast for the weekend so we will keep a keen eye on the forecast and plans may change accordingly!

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