Running for home!
Ok, we really are now running for home literally. We left Frioles heading to Carry-Le-Rouet because of this… 2 miles outside of Carry-la-Rouet we contacted them to make sure they had someone available to...
South of France
The Island of Frioles, off Marseille
We are now on our final couple of legs of this years journey, trying to get as far westward as possible when the wind allows, so on the 1st September, with southerly winds, we...
Hyeres and its beautiful Îles d’Or
Îles d’Or are a group of four Mediterranean islands off Hyères, Île du Levant is mostly for military use except for a long-established naturist community centered on the privately owned village of Héliopolis, Port-Cros...
Port Grimaud – The Little Venice of Provence
Our next stop was Port Grimaud, somewhere I (Chantal) have always wanted to go primarily because it was my late Father’s dream when he and Mum were still married, to have a house and...
Back to the Lerins Islands and a Surprise at Cannes!
We left Golfe-Juan on the 23rd August to sail the short 5NM’s to the Lerins Islands where we stopped briefly on our way through but never got the opportunity to go ashore.This time the...
Antibes, finally we got there!
Having missed Antibes on our way east early this summer due to bad weather, we watched the forecast closely and on the 20th departed from Nice to tack our way across the bay in...
Nice, really is nice!
We set sail on the 18th August for the 6NM’s to the old port of Nice where we had booked a mooring for 2 nights. Our entry into the old harbour really set the...
The Town of Beaulieu- Sur-Mer
On the 16th August we set sail, with the iron spinnaker, back to Cap Ferat, where we dropped our pick for not quite such a peaceful anchorage as the time before, but then we...
The French Medieval Old Town of Menton
On the 27th June, we set sail in an easterly F2 to 3, sadly under grey skies again, heading for Menton, passing Monaco and Monte Carlo, which is all we can do as Seaclusion...
Èze-sur-Mer & its Medieval Sister!
With Seaclusion safe in her anchorage, we decided to “pop” across the bay to go and explore Èze. “Pop” we laugh, Navily said it was about 1.9NM’s across, but 30 minutes later, passing under...
