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Come here to blow your mind!
Sometimes you need time to reflect; the jury always rests before arriving at a verdict and sometimes you simply do not know what to say....

Mark
Aug 24, 20205 min read


Turning Point
After an amazing sail up the fjord between Streymoy and Vagar, we arrived in Vestmanna. As correctly pointed out by a Danish guy who we...

Asha
Aug 15, 20203 min read


Otherworldly
Torshavn is certainly the quietest capital city I have ever visited. We loved it. I got myself well and truly worked up about every...

Mark
Aug 14, 20202 min read


Living in a time warp
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...

Asha
Aug 12, 20205 min read
Corona taxi!
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...

Mark
Aug 11, 20206 min read


On the way to Faroe Islands
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...

Asha
Aug 7, 20201 min read


We need to slow down!
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...

Mark
Aug 5, 20203 min read


Sailing Lawyer
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...

Asha
Aug 3, 20204 min read


Things could be worse.
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...

Mark
Jul 30, 20204 min read


Suede wellies, toilet pump and the burgee
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...

Asha
Jul 29, 20204 min read


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

Mark
Jul 28, 20203 min read


The end of the world
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...

Asha
Jul 27, 20202 min read


Devil's danglies
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...

Mark
Jul 26, 20206 min read


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

Asha
Jul 23, 20203 min read


The best things in life are free
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...

Mark
Jul 21, 20203 min read


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

Asha
Jul 19, 20203 min read


Blessings in disguise
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...

Mark
Jul 18, 20204 min read


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

Asha
Jul 17, 20202 min read


The Creator
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...

Mark
Jul 14, 20204 min read


Six minutes of pure heaven (which actually involved Mark)
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...

Asha
Jul 13, 20203 min read
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