Eight legged visitors
Gesa goes into the bathroom to wash her hands. “eek, Nick, there’s a spider or something just gone down the sink” “oh, really” “just come and deal with it” I go and peer down the plughole and there he is, a little crab peering back at me. He’s pretty cute, and I coax him out […]
Downtime in Antigua
The recent heavy swells kept us in English Harbour and Falmouth for a week, which was a good choice as we were very calm whilst many others suffered uncomfortable or even dangerous conditions in other anchorages. Having spent about a month in Antigua around Christmas, the place was familiar and easy to fit back into, […]
In Nevis
So, at last we have made it to Nevis, having what I would call a fabulous sail here, it has been our longest trip as a family so far, and the crew say that it felt like it too! 55 miles, downwind and rolling a bit but fast, we covered the distance in a little […]
Back in Antigua
Here we are, somewhat unexpectedly, back in English Harbour, Antigua. The plan had been to go to Nevis and onwards this week but the weather forecast changed our minds. The winds are nothing unusual, but a hurricane force storm in the north Atlantic has generated some huge waves that are slowly rolling down towards us […]
Fishing!
We’ve had a bit of a ‘fish drought’ of late, fruitlessly towing the line behind us and reeling it back in again before we anchor. It’s been getting a bit tedious. Then I changed the lure. We’d bought a set of six lures, basically colourful bits of plastic hiding a vicious hook, and I’ve been […]
Issie turns six – part two
The main event of Issie’s birthday was a trip to the Guadeloupe animal park, a lovely set of gardens and forest where they breed and keep a nice collection of local wildlife, particularly the endangered species. We all enjoyed walking around, seeing parrots, monkeys, racoons, mongesse, turtles and tortioses, butterflies and birds. It was very […]
Issie turns six!
Here we are already, March the thirteenth is here and it’s another birthday for Issie. The years just fly by! Issie, of course, sees it differently and the days preceeding her birthday have taken a long time to pass, and asking ‘how many day’s is it to my birthday?’ every ten minutes hasn’t made it […]
Issieism
It was Issie’s sixth birthday on Thursday. She woke up and was all excited about it. At one point, Max says ‘Issie, are you taller?’. ‘Yes, I’m way taller now – because I’m six’
Maxism
Not really a Maxism, just him surprising us with how much he picks up. This morning he asked where the next island is, which way are we going? We need to motor out of the anchorage then turn north for 40 miles, but I give him the simple answer. ‘North’, I say. ‘Which way is […]
The Little Darlings
One of the big things about this trip is the chance to spend a lot of time together as a family. Of course, being together 24/7 with the kids isn’t always the idyllic picnic of ones dreams, even on a Caribbean island paradise. The other day was a case in point. It generally went pretty […]