Diary Entries

2012
- May 2012
  - Wed 09 May
    - Photos from Bequia
    - Blow the wind Southerly
  - Fri 04 May
    - Clifton, Union Island
  - Thu 03 May
    - Salt Whistle Bay - Mayreau
  - Wed 02 May
    - Canouan - Charlestown Bay
- Apr 2012
  - Fri 27 Apr
    - Beautiful Bequia
  - Tue 24 Apr
    - Photos -Dolphins and a bit of overcast Martinique
    - Onwards and Southwards.....
  - Thu 12 Apr
    - It's the Same Old Song
- Mar 2012
  - Fri 23 Mar
    - Photos Guadaloupe to English Harbour
    - Back and there to see how far it is
- Feb 2012
  - Wed 29 Feb
    - Deshaies
  - Mon 27 Feb
    - Ilet a Cabrit - Les Saintes
  - Thu 23 Feb
    - In Guadaloupe
  - Wed 22 Feb
    - Andromeda - Antigua Sun, Sea and Sand and the Generator
    - Photos from Antigua
  - Wed 01 Feb
    - The Scintillating Saints
- Jan 2012
  - Sat 07 Jan
    - photos from Dominica
    - Martinique and Dominica
  - Wed 04 Jan
    - Les Saintes
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Sat 24 Dec
    - Poweer? What Power........
  - Fri 09 Dec
    - We made it.
  - Thu 01 Dec
    - Manning or Boating the finish Line
- Nov 2011
  - Wed 30 Nov
    - St Lucia at last
  - Sun 27 Nov
    - 24hr position after leaving Trinidad
  - Sat 26 Nov
  - Wed 16 Nov
    - We are afloat
  - Fri 11 Nov
  - Thu 10 Nov
    - Up into the Rainforest
  - Wed 09 Nov
    - Lights at night- Diwali
    - Taste of Trini -Rivers Deep and Mountains High (with food.....)
- Oct 2011
  - Wed 19 Oct
- Jun 2011
  - Sun 26 Jun
    - Ta Ta to Trinidad and Tobago
  - Sun 12 Jun
    - Hello from Andromeda tarrying a while in Trinidad
  - Sat 04 Jun
    - New furler, Monkey in the yard, J24's and our first sail with new rig
    - Mount Gay Rum Regatta
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - Trinidad here we come
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - Farewell Barbados
  - Mon 23 May
    - Entente Cordial-Barbados Style or things to do in Barbados whilst waiting for a mast!
  - Wed 11 May
    - new mast photos
    - 19 strands and counting
- Apr 2011
  - Sat 30 Apr
    - Easter Entertainment
  - Thu 21 Apr
    - The Mast part 42
  - Thu 14 Apr
    - Christmas has come to Barbados
- Mar 2011
  - Wed 30 Mar
    - March Photos - Barbados
    - Please don't call me Taxi !!
  - Wed 02 Mar
    - February Photos from around Barbados
    - It's March - it must be Barbados again
- Feb 2011
  - Wed 09 Feb
    - Camelot? - no it's Barbados
    - Photos - Cape Verde to Barbados
  - Tue 01 Feb
    - photo - Las Palmas to Mondilo -and Happy 80th Birthday Mum on Thursday
- Jan 2011
  - Fri 28 Jan
    - Biding our time in Barbados
  - Thu 27 Jan
    - Photos from Las Palmas
  - Thu 06 Jan
    - Hey we are in Barbados(you have to sing it)
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Sat 25 Dec
    - Marry Christmas from a rolly Carlisle Bay
  - Thu 23 Dec
    - Bobbing about on the azure sea.....
  - Mon 20 Dec
    - Day 29 - so here we are at last and of sorts......
  - Sun 19 Dec
    - Day 28 - things just seem to keep happening to us.............did we not pay the bill?
  - Sat 18 Dec
    - Andromeda - update
    - Day 27 - are we there yet?
  - Fri 17 Dec
    - Day 26 - We are getting there - honest
  - Thu 16 Dec
    - I refuse to prove I exist, for proof denies faith and without faith I am nothing......yes we are still at sea......
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - Day 24 - it appears we have been hacked.......
  - Tue 14 Dec
    - Day 23 - what a difference a day makes.......
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - Day 21 - blue horizons..........
  - Sun 12 Dec
    - DAY 20 - the start seems a long, long time ago now.......(in the less popular western spiral arm of the galaxy)...
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Day 19 - This isn't one of my tricks. It's one of my illusions!
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - Day 18 - rolly rolly seas and wind and rain - are you sure this is trade wind sailing?
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - Day 17 - dodging the squalls and generally rolly about - enjoying ourselves, naturally.....
  - Wed 08 Dec
    - Day 16.........oh what a night......a bumpy night at that
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Day 15....when does a shoal(school) of flying fish become a flock?
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - Day 15..... heading west
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - Day 14 and we still await the trades, having used up all the baked beans we had on board......
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - Day 13 - On a Mission from Glod
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - On our way again and it ain't half hot mum......
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - Under way again.......
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - Day 10 - and then there were 4....
- Nov 2010
  - Tue 30 Nov
    - Day 8.......relaxing of sorts....
  - Mon 29 Nov
    - Day 8 - Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Ftaghn!
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - Day 7 and it gets hotter and hotter.......
  - Sat 27 Nov
    - Day six and still looking for the elusive wind....
  - Fri 26 Nov
    - Sailing through the Stars
  - Thu 25 Nov
    - Day four and energy remains a priority....
    - Deep water swim
  - Wed 24 Nov
    - Day three and slow progress......
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Second day and some like it hot it seems
  - Mon 22 Nov
    - Noon Position - first night at sea......
  - Wed 17 Nov
    - A mountain with no view
  - Mon 08 Nov
    - Lolling in Las Palmas (not!)
  - Tue 02 Nov
    - Back in the sunshine......and it's a bit warmer than the UK
- Oct 2010
  - Wed 06 Oct
    - Languid, lazy (not) days in Lanzarote
- Sep 2010
  - Tue 28 Sep
    - Noon update
  - Mon 27 Sep
    - Noon Update
  - Sat 25 Sep
    - more festival photos
    - The strange case of the missing shoes
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - Lovely Madeira again
  - Sat 11 Sep
    - Noon update
  - Fri 10 Sep
    - Noon update
  - Thu 09 Sep
    - Noon Position
  - Mon 06 Sep
    - Safety stowed in Santa Maria
  - Sun 05 Sep
    - Last Stanchions in Ponta Delgarda
- Aug 2010
  - Sat 21 Aug
    - Waiting for Godot aka the new roller furler etc.
  - Wed 04 Aug
    - There and back again to see how far it is.................
  - Sun 01 Aug
    - Arrived in Ponta Delgarda
- Jul 2010
  - Fri 30 Jul
    - Update
  - Thu 29 Jul
    - Latest update
  - Wed 28 Jul
    - Update
  - Tue 27 Jul
    - Noon position
  - Mon 26 Jul
    - Noon Position
  - Thu 22 Jul
    - Sitting in the dock of the bay - more Sao Miguel
  - Mon 12 Jul
    - The Spirit of Espirito Santo
  - Fri 09 Jul
    - Tea Plantation,Green Lake and Hot Springs photos
  - Thu 08 Jul
    - Happy Birthday Phil and Ponta Delgarda photos
    - Some like it hot
  - Sat 03 Jul
- Jun 2010
  - Tue 29 Jun
    - The Hills are alive with the Sound of Music
  - Sun 27 Jun
    - A wind called Maria
  - Thu 24 Jun
    - Santa Maria
  - Mon 21 Jun
    - En-route to Santa Maria
  - Fri 18 Jun
    - Porto Santo
  - Mon 14 Jun
  - Sat 12 Jun
    - Messing about in Madeira
  - Sat 05 Jun
    - Good Morning.........Madeira
  - Wed 02 Jun
    - Slow progress.....
- May 2010
  - Tue 25 May
    - Overboard - well almost
  - Fri 21 May
  - Wed 12 May
    - The Rock
  - Tue 11 May
    - Barbate
  - Mon 10 May
    - The Spanish Connection/Rambling and recharging in Rota
  - Wed 05 May
    - Leaving Lagos - photos
    - Escape from Port Velcro - here we go, here we go
- Apr 2010
  - Thu 29 Apr
  - Mon 05 Apr
    - water tank photos etc
    - Mad March Hare Days
- Mar 2010
  - Thu 25 Mar
- Feb 2010
  - Mon 01 Feb
    - The Andromeda Strain (Mould) 1 - 83
- Jan 2010
  - Mon 04 Jan
    - Its a Wet, Wet, Wet, Wet, Wet World
    - Far from the Mad(?)ding Crowd
2009
- Nov 2009
  - Mon 16 Nov
    - watching the weeds grow
    - Its Tueday so it must be..........
  - Sat 07 Nov
    - My Beautiful Launderette
- Oct 2009
  - Sun 25 Oct
    - The Andromeda (Atlantic) Quest
  - Mon 19 Oct
    - Stork in the middle with you...photos from Lagos
  - Fri 16 Oct
    - Master and Commander(in our dreams)
  - Thu 08 Oct
    - Photos from Albufeira and Portimao
    - Living a LIfe Less Ordinary in Lagos
  - Fri 02 Oct
    - Lounging laguidly in lovely Lagos(well we will be once the 90 jobs are done)
- Sep 2009
  - Tue 29 Sep
    - Pelting, pouring and potmarkers in Portugal
    - Andromeda admired and remembered in Alburfeira
  - Tue 22 Sep
    - Absolutely melting in Albufiera - it ain't half hot mum!
  - Mon 21 Sep
    - Basking in the Baking Bay
  - Thu 17 Sep
    - Positively pushed to Portimao
    - first photos from trip
  - Wed 16 Sep
    - Photos from Lisbon
    - dolphin photos
  - Mon 14 Sep
    - Starlight in Sagres and dolphins, dolphins, dolphins...........
  - Sat 12 Sep
    - Sultry Sines
  - Wed 09 Sep
    - Cool, comfortable and civilised under a cloudless sky in Cascais (well it was until this morning)
  - Sun 06 Sep
    - Penned in, in Peniche
  - Thu 03 Sep
    - Nicely moored in Nazare
- Aug 2009
  - Mon 31 Aug
    - Fog bound in Fig Foz
    - Lively Leixoes
  - Fri 28 Aug
    - Fun in Porto
  - Thu 27 Aug
    - Another update from Povoa to test the Iridium
  - Tue 25 Aug
    - Poava de Vazim
    - (no subject)
  - Sat 22 Aug
    - missing up date from La Caruna: This year we went to sunny spain- La Caruna eventually
    - To Bayona
  - Fri 21 Aug
  - Thu 20 Aug
    - from La Caruna to Camarinos
  - Mon 17 Aug
  - Sat 08 Aug
    - Fw: This year we went to sunny Spain - La Coruna eventually......
  - Tue 04 Aug
    - Houat
  - Sun 02 Aug
    - Some progress but still not in Spain....
- Jul 2009
  - Tue 28 Jul
    - So why are we in Brest.....?
  - Tue 21 Jul
    - Update on plans
  - Fri 17 Jul
    - Here we are in Torquay
  - Tue 07 Jul
    - Here we are in Weymouth...
- Jun 2009
  - Sun 07 Jun
    - update....
- May 2009
  - Fri 22 May
    - A few extra photo's....
  - Thu 21 May
    - Some pictures as promised....
    - May update...
- Mar 2009
  - Wed 04 Mar
    - An update on what we have been up to.....
- Feb 2009
  - Mon 09 Feb
    - First missive.....