Top (rental) Gear
Over the past year it has been our pleasure to rent a range of low-cost cars. Notwithstanding the moment in Cornwall when we almost drove a Jaguar F-Type off the lot for forty quid a day. In the end there …
Welcome to the Balearics
Position: 38°58’07″N 1°15’53″E Our anchorage, Port des Torrent, was peaceful, but rolly and I’d had a restless night’s sleep. The quiet of the morning was punctured by enthusiastic calls of “Buenas Dias! Buenas Dias!”, outside of the porthole. We popped …
Transmissions or, it can always be worse, right?
Having spent more weeks in the Pyrenees than was healthy for Marlon, we finally arrived back in Cartagena. In a busy shipyard squeaky wheels get the oil, and on our return Carol got pretty squeaky. In short order we saw …
Puppy Love
Hola Chicas! Marlon here! I have been having a marvelous time at some other people’s place. My peoples did a dump and run on me a few weeks ago, but honestly, I’m not hurt that I’m not with them. Not …
Bad News and Good News – Part 2
It took a couple of nights in an apartment in Cartagena to get a better sense of how long repairs were going to take. Given that a delayed tourist season was on us, and when repair days stretched to weeks, …
Video: Paragliding in Panticosa
Position: 42°43’06″N 0°18’02″W We jump off a mountain for fun and adventure! As you will see Carol is completely comfortable flying around suspended by a few bits of string. I on the other hand, being something of a control freak, …
Bad News and Good News – Part 1
The Bad News Aleta is on the hard – again. Here’s why: after six months of sitting around at dock, we finally had some necessary repairs done to her engine’s cooling system. Once the cooling hoses were installed and antifreeze …
Video: Swifts or Swallows?
Position: 42°38 17″N 0°00’00″E Swallows are one of the great migratory birds. Small as they are European swallows will fly over 6,000 miles to winter in South Africa. Then they fly back for summer in Europe. Barn swallows are one …
Sierra Espuña Half-Marathon
Position: 37°53’09″N 1°32’55″W The soughing of an uphill breeze as it catches a canopy of pines is a unique sound. Deciduous forests sound different. Leaves rustle, but they also quietly rattle and click against each other. Pine needles by comparison …