2008–2026
165 posts
2026 1
February 2026
2025 39
December 2025
October 2025
September 2025
August 2025
- Week 262: Finishing touches
- Week 261: Stern cabin is done (mostly)
- Week 260: 5 years, lots of prep and a break
- Week 259: Before and After
- Week 258: Lights, camera, action
July 2025
June 2025
- Week 253: Doing nothing (mostly)
- Week 252: Underway again
- Week 251: Piles of improvements
- Week 250: Emerging from the chaos
- Week 249: Kitchen capers
May 2025
April 2025
- Week 244: A tough job but someone has to do it...
- Week 243: Panels and palettes
- Week 242: Bathroom bonanza
- Week 241: Farewell Matilda
March 2025
- Week 240: A pause in Greece
- Week 239: Sea trials
- Week 238: Kalimera Greece!
- Week 237: Grind, scrape, paint, sand, grind, paint... but the wheelhouse is back up
- Week 236: Here comes the sun
February 2025
- Week 235: Patching continues
- Week 234: Console Construction
- Week 233: More positive steps
- Week 232: The hatch goes in
January 2025
2024 52
December 2024
- Week 227: Christmas 2024
- Week 226: Australia
- Week 225: Winding down
- Week 224: Power surge
- Week 223: Discover Delfine
November 2024
- Week 222: Sandblasting is complete
- Week 221: High and dry
- Week 220: Sparks fly
- Week 219: Sanding and more sanding
October 2024
- Week 218: Plans within plans
- Week 217: Dawn of the demolition
- Week 216: We made it back to Belgium
- Week 215: Heading for Reims
September 2024
- Week 214: Turning north up the Champagne canal
- Week 213: Lessons galore on the Canal du Centre
- Week 212: Preparing to go
- Week 211: Back on Clair de Lune
August 2024
- Week 210: Keeping up momentum
- Week 209: Matilda is on the hard
- Week 208: One boat, two boats
- Week 207: Back in Belgium
- Week 206: Clair de Lune
July 2024
- Week 205: Discover by Barge
- Week 204: Exploring Gent and settling in
- Week 203: Kalispera Greece, Hallo Belgium
- Week 202: Diesel Drama
June 2024
- Week 201: Around Burgundy, then Athens
- Week 200: Costa Brava
- Week 199: Bunbury with Otto the wonder dog
- Week 198: House Sitting in Bunbury
- Week 197: Ella & Inge's Wedding
May 2024
- Week 196: Edinburgh - pre-wedding
- Week 195: The Netherlands to Edinburgh
- Week 194: Eurovision then The Hague
- Week 193: Medical checks, then off to Copenhagen
April 2024
- Week 192: Samothraki, Limnos and back to Lesvos
- Week 191: Leisure in Limnos
- Week 190: Season 2024 is properly underway
- Week 189: Matilda is a boat again!
March 2024
- Week 188: Cappadocia and Pammukale
- Week 187: Polishing
- Week 186: Mytiline Mariners
- Week 185: 2020's Greatest Hits
- Week 184: Salcombe then Athens
February 2024
- Week 183: Forest life
- Week 182: In the mud of the New Forest
- Week 181: Chilling in England
- Week 180: New directions
January 2024
2023 39
December 2023
- Week 175: Mytiline to Athens
- Week 174: Surrey then Mytiline
- Week 173: Surrey and surrounds
- Week 172: Switching it up
- Week 171: Edinburgh and Glenfarg
November 2023
- Week 170: Athens
- Top 10 gifts for sailors for Christmas
- Week 169: Settling into Mytiline
- Week 168: The season comes to a close
- Week 167: Heading north
October 2023
- Week 166: Happy 29th wedding anniversary
- Week 165: Back in the water
- Week 164: Boat jobs
- Week 163: Footloose: Go and then stop
- Week 162: Rookie travel mistakes
September 2023
- Week 161: Calm waters
- Week 160: Farewell Rosie
- Week 159: Istanbul!
- Week 158: Can someone turn off the wind?
August 2023
- Week 157: Crunch!
- Year 3 (Week 156): Three years on the move
- Week 155: Cruising the UK
- Week 154: Alone at sea and new cruising grounds
July 2023
- Week 153: Here we go again...
- Week 152: Slowing down in Skiathos
- Week 151: Back to the beginning then on to new destinations
- Week 150: Socialising on the go and spectacular shortcuts
- Week 149: Friends and the well travelled road.
June 2023
- Week 148: Farewell Italy, Hello Greece!
- Week 147: Hanging with St. Nick
- Week 146: Herculaneum
- Week 145: Time travel and groundhog day
May 2023
- Week 144: Venice, Florence and things that go bump in the night...
- Week 143: Venice!
- Week 142: Buongiorno Italia!
- Week 141: Murter to Pula
April 2023
February 2023
2022 1
October 2022
2012 31
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
- Halloween etiquette in Silicon Valley
- Our US hospital experience for a tonsillectomy
- Half days at school due to funding crisis
- Still can't get tipping right in Silicon Valley
- Permanent police presence with Officer Andre
- Why can't I get my usual tablets here?
- Hop to it. Task Rabbit, a San Francisco company
- We call it Fall not Autumn
- Getting credit history in Silicon Valley
- Finding your community in Silicon Valley
- Leaf blowers constantly buzzing
- The best toy ever... the Ezy Roller
- Recycling and reusing made easy in Silicon Valley
- Rent Vs Buy in Silicon Valley
- Navigating the US medical system
- I just want bread that isn't sweet
- The moving notebook lives on
- The joys of getting a work permit
- Tips for getting your Californian licence quickly
- Volunteering at school
- The right order for resettling in Silicon Valley
- Leaving behind the family dog on our move to California
- How much commuting can you handle?
- Difference between schools in California and Australia
- Getting ready for a new school in Silicon Valley
September 2012
2008 2
November 2008
May 2008