Please forgive me but I am new to this, and failed to see or write about the collage I made for the new children’s museum in San Diego, in the previous log. The new building opened in May and “provides a dynamic, playful public space and community center for children and families—a place to experience […]

Thanksgiving in Carlsbad, CA

It’s Thanksgiving here in the USA, so neighbours drop by and play. We watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on television. A turkey is cooked! And we all sit down to a fabulous meal, all the usual trimmings. Thanks Julia, Peter and Aiden for allowing us to share this with you.

Playing in California

The kids and I are coming to the end of a fun packed two weeks in Carlsbad, California with our friends Julia, Peter and Aiden. Nick is now safe on a mooring at St John in the US Virgin Islands, while we have two more days before catching our flight. Although we arrived to beautiful […]

Arrived – US Virgin Islands

After fourteen days, if you include the time hiding out in Beaufort, and 1450 miles of sailing, calms, gales and just great sailing days, we are here. We found a mooring ball in the bay outside Santa Cruz, St John and, remarkably, managed to pick up the mooring line first try in the pitch darkness. […]