Well we are all packed and ready to roll.
off to Brindisi tomorrow for leg 3, Brindisi up the italian coast to Vieste then across to Croatia and upto Venice where we will turnaround and come back to Corfu ( my favourite place so far).

It has been beautiful here in Cornwall and we hope the weather will be nice in Italy.
The picture shows the kids morgan and morwenna sailing off Crotone last year.

We have now arrived in Corfu. What a lovely place after the baroness of Southern Italy it was like arriving in Gibraltar again. We are in Gouvia marina near Corfu town which is large has many liveaboards and some how traps many people to staying for longer than intended. It has a large swimming pool which the kids love and very useful for cooling off. The temperature has suddenly rocketed to 35c and reportedly 40c in Corfu town. it was very hot in there today.
We are looking forward to cruising around the islands and exploring.
Currently we are waiting the arrival of our American/Canadian friends who are in the south of France, (see log Gone Native.) They have had engine trouble which is now sorted and shortly they hope to depart. We are hoping to see them in Kefalonia in approx. 4 weeks!
From there we are going to sail through the Corinithan Canal and on to Turkey to winter the boat in Marmaris and return to UK for work, and school.
It is great to be here we are all enjoying ourselves, if not a little hot. Morgan our son (7yrs) has fallen asleep in the cockpit.

Arrived back at the yacht to find her in good shape, only one broken rail wire and two lost fenders.
Left Castelsardo as soon as possible as it was closed with little amenities. Sailed to St Teresa which was pretty but again closed. Sailed onto Le Maddelena which was very nice and open. Met an English family with two young children called Phoebe and Nick, so our two had a great time.
Left there and sailed around to Porto Cervo, had just tied up when the Mistral came through with very strong winds. This place was amazing, full of people in designer wear and every designer shop you could think of. Felt well out of place in my scruffy sailing kit. Found the staff and people generally very helpful. Went and had an ice cream and coffee at the yacht club terrace overlooking the bay, fabulous view. A very nice man from the yacht club gave the kids a CD of the racing at the club last year. Took tourist train around the big houses, Vladmir Putins house reportedly cost 50million euros!!
After the wind died down we headed for Olbia where we have stayed for a few days whilst I (Fiona) return to England to the funeral of my uncle who was run down by a car.
Have decided that Sardinia is only alive during June to September and are going to head for Rome when I return subject to weather, at present another low is crossing bring strong winds. More soon.