Monthly Archives: October 2014

30th oct

Posted on October 30, 2014 by philippaodonnell

This is our fourth day on La Graciosa. It has taken until now for us to rear our heads after passage. We have not done much other than rest, put the boat back together, hand wash a mountain of wee- … Continue reading →

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27 oct

Posted on October 27, 2014 by philippaodonnell

We have arrived in the Canary Islands and I can’t quite believe it. We have travelled 1670 miles from little old Topsham, Devon and we are today tied up on the beautiful island of La Graciosa. Mind; blown. We left … Continue reading →

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22 oct

Posted on October 22, 2014 by philippaodonnell

Finally. We are leaving Lagos. We have been here 18 days. The longest we have been anywhere. We are heading South. Destination; Canaries. Distance; about 500 miles plus due South. If for whatever reason we need to pit stop, we … Continue reading →

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17 oct

Posted on October 17, 2014 by philippaodonnell

Two weeks now in this marina. Oh how the time has flown. What have we done? What do we do all day? Good questions. Essentially, the day boils down to getting stuff done. If we are organised enough, there is … Continue reading →

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11 oct

Posted on October 11, 2014 by philippaodonnell

No posts for a while. Some sad family news has preoccupied me and the rest of us. Here is not the place to talk about it other than to wish those concerned all our love and luck and pray that … Continue reading →

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2 october

Posted on October 2, 2014 by philippaodonnell

bye bye cascais – it has been amazing and full of chilled out family time… Olive getting her first taste of modern art in Belem, Lisbon followed by Alfi getting some stable) crawling practice…