Anchored in the River Lynher tonight in the rather splendidly named 'Dandy Hole'. Came up with the rising tide (we wouldn't get here with low water) and will take the next rise tomorrow to get to the ...

Every Thursday, local bikers gather on The Hoe, Plymouth, and raise money for a local prostate cancer charity. We met up with Fred who brought his trike. By the time we left, the rows were 3 deep of a ...

On the way to Plymouth, the UK Border Force paid us a visit. Lots of questions so I'm glad we had submitted our sail plan to them before leaving the Azores (as you are supposed to do). They already ha ...

Our view of the south pier and the village itself.

There was still quite a sea running when the winds were down to 20/25 knots. We couldn't get off the boat on Sunday as the Patrol vessel was pushed too far away from the harbour wall.

Andrez and Den (our neighbour) put lines out from our sterns to the fishing boats behind in preparation for the gale.

A view of ourselves and our neighbours from the deck of the passenger ferry. Getting ashore involved climbing onto this one then across and up onto the Fishery Patrol and finally negotiating the harbo ...

A picture of our chart plotter screen between the Scillies and Cornwall showing the AIS signals from the fishing boats and cargo vessels. It was a tad crowded.

This could be the name of a horror movie! We have never motored do much on a passage ever. The wind systems in the north Atlantic are completely messed up and there is no high pressure over the Azores ...

Our Code zero ready to launch. When it was new, the sail material was so stiff it was a devil's game getting it over the pulpit and layered across the deck. Now it has had some use, it does not behave ...