Well off to explore the island we go. Of course we got a little lost along the way and ended up joining the proper trail later. But sometimes it is fun to ‘walk the path less trodden’. We somehow ended up on the other side of the island. We could […]
Monthly archives: October 2012
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Have you ever heard the saying ‘only mad dogs and English men go out in the noon day sun’ well our trip from Porto Santo was one of those times we should have stayed ‘in doors’. The forecaste was for strong winds and 3m waves, but there was no […]
Well we have ‘hunkered down’ and survived some high winds here on the island. Everyone outside the harbour moved in and we all ‘battened down the hatches’ and got ourselves ready for the storms to come, and they came! Everyone survived them and, except for some broken sleep, not a […]
Boring day for me. The humans left me behind to explore the island. They hired a moped, with a full tank of gas, for 30 euros for the day (24 hours). And off they went, abandoning me, to go exploring. They tell me a motor bike is the best way […]
The humans finally got up this morning and took me for a walk into town. They were a little sluggish this morning as they over indulged last night. They were kindly invited for drinks on one of the ARC boats. You can see that the sailing ‘lot’ are a mixture […]
Well we made it….safe and sound. Only one things broke..the bulge pump, but we had a manual pump to back it up. Just had to remember to pump it for a bit each day. Opps. And the self steering started to make funny noises. One night shift I was […]