Blogs from Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Perthamina has had an exciting trip on her own. We left her in Tortola, after a few weeks in the virgin islands. A company there called island yacht management agreed to deliver her to the ship in St Thomas . First they had to relaunch her, and then anchor off for a night before she was loaded. They were excellent. The ship, the Snoeckgracht, went to Rhode Island first and then 10 days later we were told by Peters and May that the boat was arriving on the 23rd. It was really odd to see our boat perched on top of a ship, but soon got on board, all seemed fine. We checked that everything was working, including the navigation lights and engine, then watched all the ot her boats being carefully lifted into the water. ... read more

hmmm so volcanic ash in the air is holding me back! I now leave a week tomorrow 25th april so watch this space after then! Hope all are well and not believing rubbish news paper headlines that they should wear a gas mask if they go outside. ... read more

I am almost all packed and ready to go, have already made my first mistake by booking my hostel for the first night on the wrong day oops!! All sorted now though, I'm sure its not all going to go like that. Am leaving at 10pm sunday evening (fingers crossed with regards to the dust cloud) and arrive in Christcurch, new zealand 12pm Tuesday. Until then . . . ... read more

The day before the big departure..... Facebook informs me i've been 'packing' for nearly 2 days...and it's not an exaggeration. Thinking the biggest challenge of the whole trip could possibly be equipping myself for trekking in the snow, walking in the rain and of course. lying on a beach. Meeting Kate and Carla at Kathmandu airport, can't wait to hear all about their Africa adventures. Although it's been awful saying goodbye to friends at home for 7 months, it'll be great to see Kate, Carla, and Ben who i'm flying out with. People keep asking me what my plans are for each country, which is worrying because there aren't really any.... My answers are therefore vague and subject to drastic alterations. Trekking in Nepal is as concrete as the first 6 gets. Today I've ranged from ... read more

Dear All.. Once again.. I did what I always does.. :-) Explore" Luckily I got chance to visit Weymouth, Portland, Lulworth and near by tourist attractions.. Well Natural Beauty is always attracting my attention and so I highly admire Lulworth Cove and Durdle door Beach... According to me "one of the most beautiful seaside in the world... as I haven't seen many Beaches ;-)) ha ha... No its true Lulworth is Unique and you Must Visit if you are wandering around Dorset and spending time and money in Shopping or anything else.. I'm sure You can't stop taking pictures until your battery gone ;-) I'll visit again with my friends and do some adventures which is not safe according to Warning Board placed there.... Anyway there is no doubt that you will Enjoy pictures" Live what ... read more

Where to go first. Sat at home on a wet day just dreaming of all the sunshine we are going to see. I'm told that planning is half the fun, well I hope not because I want all the fun to be out there doind things and meeting people. Start in Boston, Mass for a few days then drive down the East Coast of the US. A great way to start I think. ... read more

During our trip south we stayed in Weymouth in order to visit the limestone quarries on the Isle of Portland. ... read more

Going back to the boat soon. Well we have booked flights back...27th December. Hopefully have the boat up and running so we can enjoy new year in Antigua. It has been such a bad summer here, the beach hut has not really had it's full usage, but we made the best of it. Henley in the rain! Who could forget having a great picnic while it was pouring. The lama tree, again raining, the tent was nice and warm though, especially with about three duvets. And now outside it is sooo cold. Alan went to the bridging camp yesterday morning with the dog and called me up to come and take a photo of chesil beach because the water was 'smoking'. He forgot to tell me that my hands would not work in the cold. Weymouth ... read more