Corsica
Dearloves
Thu 1 Sep 2005 21:41
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Although Sardinia was beautiful, we grew tired of
the constant high winds. Every journey was made under a mainsail with
two reefs and the staysail. We spent a lot of time trying to find
anchorages which were sheltered, which was difficult because of wind
direction fluctuations, and so we decided to head for
Corsica, making Bonifacio our first port of call.
Bonifacio is a stunning place - it is set
in a gorge between high limestone cliffs made into strange shapes by
the elements. Also, after nearly six weeks of struggling to communicate in
Italian it was so refreshing to be able to speak French.
 Keoma at sea - thrashing through the
Bonifacio Strait
 Lighthouse outside
Bonifacio
 Approach to Bonifacio from the
sea
 Limestone cliffs
 Bonifacio old town on cliff
top
 Coming into gorge
 Bonifacio's
fortifications
 Looking back at the
entrance
Once in Bonifacio we spent a couple of days moored
in the marina, exploring the city and doing various jobs on board -
provisioning, laundry, filling up with water, repairs etc. Alice and
Pip enjoyed fishing on the quay with a gang of children from other
boats.
 Breakfast in the cockpit
 View of the marina from the
castle
 Bonifacio old town, inside castle
walls
 The "Grain of Sand"
 187 steps to cliff walk
These steps were alledgedly built by the army of
the King of Aragon in 1420 as part of an attempted invasion of the
castle
 Cliff Walk
 Cliff View
 Rock
 Sea view
 Alice and Pip at the holy
spring
 Then we had to walk back
up!
We have now left Bonifacio and are headed up the
West coast of Corsica. More details in the next instalment. In the
meantime please email us at the following addresses:
Any of our christian names plus the "at" sign, then
dearloves dot net. We have been advised not to write out these addresses
in full, otherwise we may be bombarded with spam. It would be great to
hear from you (assuming you are not going to be emailing with offers
of Viagra at great discount prices!)
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