The Caves
After a quick trip to the Sivota bakery to get bread and breakfast pastries, we set off relatively early in the boat and headed to the island of Meganisi. Our first stop was a really stunning cave. Marco had got the dinghy out and, as it was not possible to drop anchor there, he manned […]
Laundry Day mk II
Theresa, Dave and I headed out to the launderette with two big washes while Marco washed the boat. We then all met up at our favourite Syvota bakery for an indulgent breakfast. Apart from shopping for some provisions (mainly beer and lots of water – which we were thankfully allowed to take by trolley to […]
Swimming in a bay
Dave and I headed out to buy a few provisions in preparation for the day. We also visited three bakeries and finally got some nice-looking pastries for breakfast on the go. We then set off out to sea and saw some boats with their sails up and an encouraging wind forecast for the day ahead. […]
And we are off (but only just!)
Day one: Monday the 28th of March has finally arrived!! Having first planned to take the van to France in 2020, then postponing it twice due to Covid, we were finally ready to go! We got up pretty early and started to organise our packing. This involved working out what we needed for the ferry […]
All About Eve
We had a nice slow start to the day on Sunday and Eve met us at the campsite at about 11:00 for our lunch trip to Penarth. She was due a day out as we had not managed one for a long time due to all the restrictions but she had also had two stretches […]
Llangenith – Day 3
After another great night’s sleep, and in contrast to yesterday, today we had a plan! We set off nice and early on our walk across the cliffs to Rhossili. The start of this walk is a very steep hill to the rear of the campsite and, in 25 degree heat, this was quite a challenge! […]