The welcome from the ARC team and the local tourist board was lovely. We spent the first day recovering from … Continue reading St Lucia: Life in the Caribbean

We finally left Las Palmas marina 57 days after our early arrival. We had had good times and made many … Continue reading Atlantic: Las Palmas to St Lucia

We arrived in Las Palmas on 27th September almost 2 months before the start of the ARC. We felt this … Continue reading Final ARC Preparation

Saturday 16th September arrived and  the time had finally come for us and Kindred Spirit to leave Cadiz, mainland Europe … Continue reading Cadiz to Gran Canaria: Stepping off Mainland Europe

Largos marina is situated about 0.7mile up a narrow channel and after a lifting bridge and as we arrived in … Continue reading The Algarve: Lagos to Cadiz.

On 30th July we left Bayona in light winds and this didn’t change for the next 6 hours and so … Continue reading Atlantic Portugal: Viana do Castelo to Cabo de Sao Vicente

We spent 4 days in La Coruna adjusting to the Spanish ‘Manana’ way of life. No shop or office appears … Continue reading Galicia: La Coruna to Baiona