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This certainly was a bonfire night with a difference!  I normally host a party in my garden to celebrate early terrorism with 50 or so guests, all togged up for the cold weather, gathering around a stack of garden rubbish … Continue reading →

Time certainly flies, one week already in Australia!  Time for a few reflections…… The people are so friendly and welcoming, they are probably used to newcomers arriving from different parts of the world, but even so, not only is the … Continue reading →

We finally made it!  Here we are in Townsville, Australia! What a journey we had, Birmingham to Townsville- and it only took 28 hours!  We felt surprisingly  fresh when we were greeted by a representative from the hospital with a … Continue reading →

Oh my god!  After years of thinking about making a big move, years of planning and months of saying goodbyes, here I am on a plane bound for Australia! Just 2 weeks ago I returned from my sailing adventure and … Continue reading →

I’m sitting on a train heading to Wales and thinking about my time spent sailing around the coast of Britain and thinking how enormously lucky I am! I have had some fabulous instructors during this trip, met some very interesting, … Continue reading →

It has been a long week and now it is all over.  I had no time whatsoever to write up the last day of the yacht master prep, and it passed by in a blur, but take it from me, … Continue reading →

Sleeping on a boat if a lovely thing, and I shall find it difficult sleeping in a normal bed on dry land.  You get rocked to sleep, quite literally and the splish splash can be very comforting.  However, I’m now … Continue reading →

I was far too exhausted after being put through my paces to write this last night, so its being written at 6am instead! I felt really confident on day 1 with my skills and felt I was heading in the … Continue reading →

Its nearly 11pm and I’m lying in bed in my lovely cabin on Nashira. When Alan gave us our briefing last night, he said he always tried to make his sailing trips fun, but then corrected himself, and added, “well, … Continue reading →

Another early start with the sun rising and a promise of another glorious day!  I was greeted by John who asked me what time I rolled in!  I said “I was a good girl dad and got back by 11” … Continue reading →