Rainbow the parrot, seems to have taken off or been taken. Mike was upset at first but  he excepts that Rainbow has a choice. Over the holidays I bought a second hand Ham radio from Ebay for a very reasonable price. Clive on Revid gave... Read more

I have been absent for lots of reasons. Moving house, country and lifestyle is exhausting as it is exhilarating.   We have been decorating our new house and we are settling in here on sunny Sint Maarten in the Dutch West Indies.   &n... Read more

        &n bsp;       &nbs p;         TURTLES AT MATURA BEACH   A full moon was shining over Matura beach, as she glided in ... Read more

    Last week my poor Mum caught a chest infection. Because she is eighty-four years old, it made her weak, and apprehensive on her own, so I went down to help while she recovered. My Mum is like a little bird, less than five feet ta... Read more

  Living on a boat full time has its ups and downs. The ups are obvious, wonderful sunsets, exotic destinations and mixing with the local people are certainly in this category.   The dinghy with a powerful outboard is a yachts car... Read more

Attaching a pedometer to my waist, just to see how far we were going to walk today. We set off to Romsey town to explore the Abbey and Heritage Way. I can report that it was one point three five miles into Romsey. It is a pleasant walk, mainly b... Read more

Stress is a common word we use, when sometimes we are just really upset. In the Caribbean the equipment failures on the boat drove me crazy, the whole boat has to be ripped apart, to be able to repair a very important piece of kit. My galley ove... Read more

A couple of years ago I was fortunate to be able to attend the Compass Newspaper's yearly free brunch. The Caribbean Compass is a free Caribbean paper and each year they host a luncheon party for all the writers who have contributed in the preceeding... Read more

  We joined the local library as soon as we arrived back in the UK. It was important to to-days activities. Every Sunday, where ever we are, we take a Sunday hike, of between five and ten miles. Today we chose a Pub Walk, one that starts a... Read more

Yesterday we drove down to Lymington, to check off something on my to-do list. A visit to the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. The door has big gold letters stating 'Members Only'. We walked through the doors undeterred, and made our way to the bar overlo... Read more