The following, or previous, five entries have been posted in reverse order so that they can be read straight through. It's quite long so...

Tarragona was the capital of the Roman Empire for a time and evidence of Roman civilisation in these parts abounds. From viaducts and amphit...

The weather forecast was not perfect; the weather pages were hedging their bets predicting everything. I had a little over 24 hours to get r...

We’d sailed 22 nautical miles in eight hours and I pulled the laden Onawind Blue up the beach and bailed the water from her bilges. Seas bre...

When the boat was ready I climbed back into my wet sailing clothes and, rolling OB on the fenders, manoeuvred her down to the water’s edge. ...

Up early I checked the sea state and, seeing that the waves had significantly diminished, loaded the oars, anchor, life jacket etc. into the...

I’ve finally bitten the bullet and ordered a suit of sails. Of course it hasn’t been as simple as picking up the phone and demanding a pizza...