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We had almost given up on seeing Moose close up when we were returning from a trip to the Hot Springs and Ice Museum. The Ice Museum was awful, they packed about 40 of us into it and there were only a couple of sculptures and I felt like we were being herded through. IContinue reading “Alaska. Ice sunsets and real moose”

We didn’t have the best start to Alaska as it was a 10 hour journey and Delta only provided snacks. We arrived at 1am to our destination and the next morning when we arrived down to breakfast ‘weak with hunger. ‘ there was no breakfast left. This was at 8.40. The owner tried to blameContinue reading “Sept 2023 Alaska”

Everyone talks about the beauty and how impressive the cliffs of Moher are, but I can tell you that the North coast of Ireland is by far the more beautiful. Dolores and Alan took us to the secret beach. ( The National Trust hasn’t got their hands on it and there’s no sterile path toContinue reading “More of Ballycastle”

Great time great memories. And wonderful morning swims. It’s taken me longer to write this post as I can’t decide how best to present this. There were so many things I want to describe and I know the photographs won’t do it justice. Our luck with the weather was once again, against us. The lastContinue reading “BALLYCASTLE”

Nice blue skies but I’ve reason to believe that may be the only day. Rain is anticipated. We started out with a quick look around the heritage museum. I won’t dwell too much as the Irish history is so sad and it was a bit relentless with the history of Irish slaves and indentured servantsContinue reading “Cobh to Clonakilty”

I always feel a bit sad when I hear people tell me they’ve been to Ireland and say that it was just in Dublin. Although it’s a beautiful city steeped in history it’s so metropolitan that it doesn’t actually capture the essence of Ireland. Nevertheless Pat and I took the tour but unfortunately the onlyContinue reading “Dublin to Cork August 23”

Well I thought I should do an update on the current weather and state of the engine. We discovered that the failure of the alternator was totally our fault but if anyone from Yanmar reads this while looking at our warranty claim we will deny deny and then cry. After the storm that dragged ourContinue reading “Dumb but Experienced”

We left Jekyll Island early in the morning (Sunrise) to go with the tide to Cumberland Island. Andy the captain we met in Jekyll told us that the sea markers in St Andrews Sound were removed because they kept moving. We were on high tide and the poor sailor in front of us went agroundContinue reading “More storms and: more engine problems”

We had already postponed the trip for a week due to rough weather and fortunately it worked out well for work so this time we decided we had to head out somewhere. We decided not to be too ambitious and as we all love a night sail we would head up to Cumberland Island toContinue reading “Storms on the Gulf Stream”

On our first day in Barcelona Katrina and I took a bike tour to get our bearings. It just so happens to be the festival of St Eulalia and the place was packed, nevertheless we made it around. I’ve heard so much about Barcelona but not really seen much about it on TV. Photographs justContinue reading “Barcelona”