Previous Diary Entries
2020
Feb 2020
2018
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future plans for the winter
Wed 19 Feb 17:45 -
2019 update
Wed 19 Feb 17:20
Sep 2018
2017
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Travemunde
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Rensburg
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Cuxhaven
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Ijmuiden
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Ostend
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Brighton
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Lymington
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Alderney
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St Peter Port Guernsey
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L’Aber Wrac’h
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Benedet
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Pornichet
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Nantes
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Friday 24 August
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wednesday 22 August
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Predictive text error
Tue 21 Aug 11:21 -
Bayona
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Back on the sea
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update
Fri 20 Jul 22:21
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Funchal
Thu 31 May 16:17 -
Festination sails again
Fri 25 May 17:30
Sep 2017
Aug 2017
2016
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Back sailing
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Back to Alicante
Mon 28 Aug 11:21 -
Alicante
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Formentera 04 Aug
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03 August
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Porta Pollenca
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Barcelona
Oct 2016
2015
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End of season round up
Sun 16 Oct 09:55
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Baiona
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Benodet France
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St Mary's Scilly Isles
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Holyhead
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Bangor NIreland
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Still in Islay
Fri 12 Aug 18:05 -
Islay
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Oban
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Caledonian Canal
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Back on the road!
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Inverness
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Egersund
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Kristiansand
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Brekkesto
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Norway
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Skagen
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Ellos
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Gottenberg
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Traslovslage
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Copenhagen
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Utklippen
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Malmo
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ystad
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Kalmar
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Visby
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Oxelosund
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Friday
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Thursday Vaxholm
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Stockholm
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Åland Islands
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Helsinki
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Tallinn Estonia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Poland
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Bornholm to Sopot Poland
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on passage to Bornholme
Mon 23 May 14:57 -
Festina is back!
Sat 21 May 18:12
Aug 2015
2014
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Travemunde
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Back in Denmark
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Sweden
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Copenhagen
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Rodby Denmark
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In the Kiel Canal
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Helgoland
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Haarlem
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Holland
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Dover
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Brighton
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Lymington
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Guernsey
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Sao Miguel Ponta Delgada.
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Saturday 28th June.
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Sunday morning
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Tuesday 16th June
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Bermuda
Wed 10 Jun 14:29 -
Bermudas
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Hampton
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Solomans Island
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Annapolis
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New York
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Saturday
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Friday
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Thursday
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Martha's Vineyard
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Buzzard Bay
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Boston
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Wentworth by the. Sea
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Portland
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Booth Bay
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New England
Aug 2014
2013
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home for the winter
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Wednesday evening
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St Johns Newfoundland
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Canada getting ever closer
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on passage to St Johns
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A Royal Visit
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change of plan
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photos Gothavn and Aasiaat
Wed 30 Jul 10:17 -
photos in Disco Bay
Wed 30 Jul 00:44 -
in Disko Bay
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In Aasiaat
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another delay
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approaching the Arctic Circle
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photo
Sat 19 Jul 20:24 -
photo
Sat 19 Jul 20:19 -
photo
Sat 19 Jul 20:15 -
photo
Sat 19 Jul 20:11 -
Whale Kill!
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on the move again!
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extended stay in Nuuk
Tue 15 Jul 20:30 -
welcome to Greenland!
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position report Sunday
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position report Friday
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skirting the ice limit
Sun 29 Jun 15:54 -
failed diary entry not sent (friday 25th)
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on passage to Nuuk
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oN Passage to Nuuk, Greenland
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back on Board Festina
Thu 19 Jun 17:20 -
In Iceland
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Stein Skye to Stornaway
Thu 29 May 00:23 -
Wednesday 28 May
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Saturday in Port Ellal Islay
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(no subject)
Oct 2013
Sep 2013
2012
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Passing the Needles
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Arrived in France.
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Monday 16thSeptember
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Journey home
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Festina sails again
Sat 7 Sep 16:49
Sep 2012
2011
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photos from Monte Negro to Lagos
Sat 22 Sep 18:15 -
Saturday 22nd September
Sat 22 Sep 17:31 -
Tuesday18th September
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Sunday 16th September
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Saturday 15th September
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Friday 14th September
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Thursday 13th September
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Wednesday 12th September
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Saturday 8th September
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Sunday 2nd September
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Saturday 1st September
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Thursday 30th August
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Saturday 25th August.
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Monday 20th August
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Sunday 19th August
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Corinth Canal and Gulf of Corinth
Mon 20 Aug 11:27 -
Saturday 18th August
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Friday 17th August
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Thursday 16th August
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Wednesday 15th August
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Tuesday 14th August
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Sunday 12th August
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Friday 10th August
Fri 10 Aug 08:05
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Bulgaria
Wed 25 Jul 22:09 -
Odessa
Wed 25 Jul 22:04 -
Sunday 22nd July
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Thursday 19th July
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Saturday 14 th July
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Saturday 14th July
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Friday 13th July
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Thursday 12th July
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Wednesday 11th July
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Balaclava Ukraine
Fri 13 Jul 12:53 -
Yalta Ukraine
Fri 13 Jul 12:46 -
Tuesday 10th July
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Friday 07th July
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Wednesday 4th July
Wed 4 Jul 11:52 -
photos Istanbul
Wed 4 Jul 06:05
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Marmara Adasi
Wed 27 Jun 19:25 -
Istanbul
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The Dardanelles
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Limnos Greece
Sat 23 Jun 09:41 -
stormbound in Limnos
Thu 21 Jun 12:12 -
Limnos
Thu 21 Jun 10:55 -
photos
Sat 16 Jun 20:30 -
Saturday the 16th June
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photos in Athens
Tue 12 Jun 13:35 -
Tuesday 12th June
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Thursday 07th June
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photos in Symi
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Photos Heraklion Greece
Tue 29 May 13:15 -
Sunday 27thMay
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Photos in greece
Wed 23 May 06:52 -
Tuesday 22nd May
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thursday 17th may
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thursday 17th May
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Tuesday 15th May
Tue 15 May 06:06 -
Thursday 10th May
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Monday 7th May
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Sunday 6th May
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Back at sea
Mon 30 Apr 16:17
Oct 2011
2010
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Monday 17th October
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Wednesday 12th October
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Tuesday 11th October
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Monday 10th October
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Sunday 09th October
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Saturday 08th October
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Friday 07th October
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Wednesday 05th October
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Monday03rd October
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Friday 30th September
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Thursday 22nd September
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Wednesday 21st September
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Monday the 19th September
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Thursday 08th September
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Monday 5th September
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Saturday 3rd September
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Thursday the 1st September
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Tuesday 30th August
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Monday29th August
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Tuesday 23rd August
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Saturday 6th August
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Friday 5th August
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Wednesday 3rd August
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Sunday 31st July
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Saturday 30th July
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Thursday 28th July
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Tuesday 26th July
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Sunday24th July
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Saturday 23rd July
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Wednesday 20th July
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Monday 18th July
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Saturday 9th July
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Wednesday 6th July
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Tuesday 5th July.
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Monday 4th July
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Friday 1st July
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Wednesday 29th June
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Monday 27th June
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Saturday 18th June
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Thursday 16th June
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Friday 10th June
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Thursday 2nd June
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Saturday the 28th May
Sat 28 May 21:37 -
Thursday 26th May
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Sunday 22nd May
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Tuesday 17th May
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news for Poland
Sun 15 May 17:21 -
Sunday 15th May
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Thursday 12th May
Thu 12 May 16:43 -
Saturday 07th May
Dec 2010
2009
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Christmas greetings
Fri 17 Dec 09:08
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Tuesday 31st August
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Saturday 28th August
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Saturday 21st August La Rochelle
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Lagos to Trinity Sur Mer
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back in Lagos
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Monday 28th June
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Friday 25th June
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Wednesday 23rd June
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Wednesday 16th June
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Sunday 13th June
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Thursday 10th June 1200 hrs
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Wednesday 02nd June Bermuda
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Friday 28th May
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Fort Lauderdale
Wed 26 May 22:17
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Friday 26th March
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Tuesday 23rd March
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Saturday 20th March
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Thursday 18th March
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Monday 15th March
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Saturday 13th March
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Wednesday 10th March
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Sunday 7th March
Mon 8 Mar 01:23 -
friday 5th March
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Monday 1st March
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Thursday 25th Febuary
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Friday 19th Febuary
Fri 19 Feb 12:36 -
Thursday11thFebuary
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Monday 08th Febuary
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Wednesday 3rd Febuary
Dec 2009
2008
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On passage to Westmanayer, Iceland
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Sunday 20th December
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Thursday 17th December
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Tuesday 15th December
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Friday 11th December
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Wednesday 9th December
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Sunday 6th December
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Friday the 4th December
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Wednesday 2nd December
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Nick's Tours in Central America
Sat 28 Nov 17:53 -
Saturday 28th November
Sat 28 Nov 14:49 -
Monday 23rd November
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Friday 20th November
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Wednesday 18th November
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Thursday 12th November
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Sunday 08th November
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Friday 6th November
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Tuesday 03rd November
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Tuesday 27th October
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Saturday 24th October
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Monday 19th October
Mon 19 Oct 22:54 -
Friday 16th October
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Sunday 11th October
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Friday 09th October
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Thursday 08th October
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Tuesday 6th October
Tue 6 Oct 21:58
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Sunday 23 August
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Thursday 20th August
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Saturday 15th August
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Wednesday 12th August
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Sunday 9th August
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Thursday 06th August
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Monday 03 August
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Sunday 02 August
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saturday 1st August
Sun 2 Aug 06:55
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Thursday 30th July
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Monday27th July
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Sunday 26 July
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Thursday23rd July
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Tuesday 21st July
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Sunday 19th July
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Friday 17th July 2009
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Monday 13th July
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Saturday 11th July
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Thursday 9th July
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Tuesday 07th July
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Saturday 4th July
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Saturday 04th July
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Wednesday 1st July
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Thursday 28th May
Fri 29 May 06:31 -
Tuesday 26th May
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Sunday 24thMay 2009
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Friday 22ndMay
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Monday 18th May
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Friday 15th May
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Wednesday 13th May
Wed 13 May 21:28 -
Monday 11th May
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Friday the 08th May
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Wednesday 06th May
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Monday 3rd of May
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Sunday 26th April
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Wednesday 22nd April
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Monday 20th April
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Thursday 9th April
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Saturday 04th April
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Friday the 3rd April
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April Fools day!
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Sunday 29th March
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Saturday 28th March
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Saturday 21st March
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Tuesday 17th March
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Sunday 15th March
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Friday 13th March
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pictures
Sat 7 Mar 12:32 -
Friday 06th March
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Monday 02nd March
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Saturday 28th February
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Tuesday 24th February
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Saturday 21st February
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20th Febuary 2009
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16th Febuary
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friday 13th Febuary 2009
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Wednesday 11th Febuary
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Tuesday 10th Febuary.
Wed 11 Feb 01:01 -
Saturday 07th Febuary 0900hrs
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Friday 06th Febuary
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Friday 06th Febuary Puerto Williams Chile
Dec 2008
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Christmas greetings
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Monday 08th to Thursday 18th December
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Iguacu&Rio pics
Thu 18 Dec 01:52 -
Salvador to Parati pics
Thu 18 Dec 01:51 -
Sunday 07th December
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Friday 05th December
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Tuesday 2nd December
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on passage to Paraty
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arrival in Salvador25 November
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Fernando de Noronha pictures
Wed 26 Nov 19:29 -
Cabo Verde to Fernando de Norohna pictures
Wed 26 Nov 19:22 -
Cabo Verde pictures
Wed 26 Nov 18:30 -
on passage to Salvador
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on passage to Salvador
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on passage to Salvador
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arrival in Fernando de Noronha
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festina returns to the southern hemisphere
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1100 Monday 17th November
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mid atlantic
Sun 16 Nov 14:29 -
half way point
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on passage to Fernando de Noronha
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on passage to Fernando de Noronha
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Cape Verde to Brazil
Tue 11 Nov 09:29 -
Arrival in Cape Verde Islands
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on passage to Cape Verde
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Passage to Cape Verde day two
Sat 1 Nov 14:28
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next stop Portugal
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Festina Lente on passage
Sun 3 Aug 13:40