We are living at such a fast pace that sometimes I think that what we have done in the morning happened a day or two ago. Flying visits...

After 45 hours at sea we arrived in Torshavn. When you read about the approach, it is scary. The tides are significant and the seas that...

This is going to be a very short blog post. As I type we are approaching the northern most tip of the Isle of Lewis. I have just realised...

I completely empathise with anyone who imagines that living this life means most of my time is spent sitting around with my finger up my...

It doesn’t come easy for me to say that, but I am a lawyer. There it is! I am, and I am a sailor. I don’t like to give myself much credit...

When I press the buttons on this MacBook to type a blog or press publish on youtube after 30 or so hours of video editing, I don't really...

As planned on our first walk around Lochmaddy, we went to the pub that evening. We called in advance to find out what rules applied and...

Something very strange happened yesterday morning. Asha wrote about how we decided to go onto a pontoon to hide from a northwesterly gale...

Lochmaddy’s cool welcome didn’t affect our level of excitement to be sheltering in its vast bay dotted by rocky islands of various shapes...

After a beautiful sunny day in Tobermory we woke to low grey skies and drizzle. Asha was slightly surprised at my ‘Ok, lets get ready to...

Privileges, luxuries, freedoms, comforts, possessions and so on are often taken for granted, but they're not in the same category as...

We motored against the current out of Lochaline’s narrow entrance in order to pick up the flood tide heading north. Once through the gap...

People are amusing in their diversity. What is considered absolutely gobsmacking for one might be quite dull for another. What is the...

I am often guilty of not writing about sailing in this sailing blog and today is one of those days! This entry is more of an observation...

Complexion-friendly moist Scottish weather stands to its reputation. Low clouds brush on the tops of even-not-so-tall hills, and spill...

What Asha wrote yesterday was spot on. We loved that old shower at the back of an old wooden boat shed! I know it doesn’t sound luxurious...

It seemed like the right time to leave Lowlandman's Bay on Jura. It was a perfectly safe haven as an anchorage but it didn’t let us set...

Ahh, it’s the weekend!!! That’s not something I have thought about for a very long time. Over the last few years, if I have thought about...

I used to dream about sailing. Literally, I would meditate and imagine being on a sailboat, surrounded by vast blue waters, feeling sun...

Today was a great day. We woke up to beautiful sunshine in the anchorage at Port Ellen. Asha did her lawyer work and I busied myself with...