After nearly 24 hours of travelling, we had landed in Kuala Lumpur, and navigated our way from the airport to the train to the centre of the city. With bags too heavy, and a burst of heat hitting us as we stepped from the train, we set off in what, of course, turned out to …
10-year Nomad-versary
This September marks ten years since I donned my backpack and first jumped on a plane heading out of Europe, beginning with five months of exploring Southeast Asia. The first five years were spent as a backpacker, stopping now and then for a few months to work and save some money, before spending the next …
Bangor to the Isle of Man to Maryport, by sailboat!
Having arrived in Bangor, Northern Ireland, on a Saturday we had all of the following day to relax and explore. Early Sunday morning we headed away from the sea, hoping to leave the cold sea wind behind for a while. After wandering for about an hour we came across a vast park, green grass sprawling …
We Left Largs!
The day that we would set sail from Largs had finally dawned. (For real this time!) We’d moved our starting date back by a day due to around 20knots of headwind which our experienced sailing friend, Ollie, had advised against if we wanted to keep our growing love for sailing intact. We’d decided to heed …
Time to Leave
Now that we were in the water, we were of course immediately impatient to be on the road. Or on the sea, to be more precise. If ten long months in the boatyard weren’t enough to spur us on, the marina fees that were the same price as the flat we’d rented in Manchester definitely …
The Big Splash
Ten long months after lifting out of the water and ‘splash day’ had finally come around. In the first few months of the year we’d fit in a break in Italy; come back to spend a couple more months in the flat in Largs; done our Day Skipper Practical course; and packed up our belongings …
A Week on the Water – completing our Day Skipper Practical
(April 2022) We had booked a week off work to do the Day Skipper Practical course. It was a very exciting moment as, although we’d had many days on a boat over the past few months, the boat had never been floating. Our first evening was a brief affair, we met the other people doing …
With the wind in our sails
The skies are still grey, the days often damp, but the hope and optimism is growing, the feelings beginning to ramp. My dad here last week, helping to master the keel, now dry hopefully patched, I’m starting to feel the days are getting brighter, both the skies and within – heart, mind and soul; the …
Part 2 of 2021: lessons from the boatyard
Little did we know when we hauled out at the end of July, that we wouldn’t be heading back into the water until April the following year. Nor did we realise all that was yet to unfold over the coming months, had we known, we would likely have made different choices. Although we faced many …
Hello there readers
It has been a long time since I wrote something here, what a busy couple of years it has been with many unexpected twists along the way (for all of us I’m sure). As my life transitioned from a backpacker who picked up work along the way, to what is known as a digital nomad …