Doroline’s Dream A young girl was travelling with her mom, who in accordance with tradition had moved from her birthplace at Craig Cove on Ambrym to marry her husband from Malakula, and father from their home on the mid-western island of Malakula, to Port Vila the capital of the Archipelago on the island of Efate …
Zoonie’s Good Effort to Efate During the waiting hours before we set off at 5.00pm we busied our minds on small chores to help the time pass and just before we left I was playing the Wordscapes Game on my phone when are rather worrying set of words started to real themselves. I will let …
Dear Readers, Thank you for your patience. Rob and I aboard Zoonie are now back in England and so I am bringing the text of our blog up to date as soon as I can for you. However as I am using my phone as a hotspot at the moment I cannot bring you the …
Our three little dinghies sped across the blue bay in a mood of Swallows and Amazons Adventure and we slowed down, unsure of the bottom contours when we entered the narrowing river. I was reminded of other excursions into unknown waterways, remember Las Perlas? But here we should not find any salt water crocs. Although …
I should have twigged when Andrew signed off the VHF with the words “so you can come and pick me up” that he was coming by road and would need a lift to the boat. Soon a uniformed figure was leaning against a palm tree on the resort frontage and Rob and I dashed through …
Just before we left NZ we watched one of Gail’s films, a true story made by the villagers from a rural community on Tanna, one of the islands in the Vanuatu Archipelago about a young couple, Dain, son of the chief, and Wawa who together changed the marriage laws on that island forever. They both …
Birthdays, Beaches and Bluebells You would think that Ruby would have been busting to open her little stack of presents on her eighth birthday but having been told she must wait until daddy had returned from a business trip to Canada and a mystery guest had arrived she was more than happy to spend the …
Across the Sea to Norway In particular to southern Norway and the areas of Kristiansand north to Larvik and Stavanger. The purpose of our trip being threefold; to explore the lives of a well renowned Norwegian sailor and his wife, Erling and Julie Tambs, secondly to re-kindle old friendships dating from Rob’s Boy Scout days …
Back to fast Broadband and short lived Siberian Cold A visit to our midland family was our first port of call, we had a new family member to meet. In chilly weather we made our way to Oxford from Heathrow where we were to meet Jonty for a quick pint in a pub near the …
Naked Gun Fights to the Bitter End Our last few hours on The Ghan were spent watching the dramatic change in scenery as we entered the tropical climate of the Top End. The little earth scoops at the side of the track were now underwater and shrouded with greenery. The woodland was becoming lush, still …