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 …
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 the course …
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 …
Our time in Italy was cut short due to the looming Brexit deadline. We discovered in mid-November it would be much easier for Miki to stay for a longer period in the UK if we arrived before 11pm on 31st December 2020. So bags were packed, notice was given at the flat in Genova, and …
As I’d mentioned in my previous post, we spent the majority of the lockdown with my parents and saw a couple of friends and other family members along the way. The time had now come for us to travel south to Italy, to visit Miki’s family. We had decided to cycle to Italy, firstly making …
After our stressful exit from Sri Lanka, we were very grateful when we finally touched down in the UK. This was Miki’s first time in the country and was most likely a very strange way to experience it, when most things that help create the culture and atmosphere are closed or off-limits. We had flown …
Our time in Sri Lanka was drawing to a close and though we had been enjoying our lazy lifestyle by the beach, we wanted to make sure we saw a little more of the country before leaving. After some contemplation we decided to make our way to Kandy, a mountainous city situated in central Sri …
We touched down in Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo, in the early hours of Saturday morning. After locating our bike boxes we wheeled them outside on a trolley and put the bicycles back together under an airport street light, the sky above still dark. It must have been one of the more unusual scenes that …
We stayed in Alibag for Christmas, in our small hotel room. On Christmas day Miki sat out on the little balcony cooking us pasta, while I taught online. In the afternoon we took a walk to the beach and had a meander along the front which, despite the downside of smoggy air (presumably drifting down …
Just as Sid and Priya had told us, Alibag turned out to be a very popular beach destination. It also seemed to be way off the tourist track as we didn’t see any other foreigners around while we were there. Having cycled all morning to arrive there, we found a park by the sea to …
