Matilda Week 191: Leisure in Limnos We explore the delightful island of Limnos, one of our new favourites.
Matilda Week 190: Season 2024 is properly underway We leave Mytilini for Sigri and set off to cross to Limno.
Matilda Week 189: Matilda is a boat again! Matilda is a boat once again -- our first two trips of the season.
Matilda Week 187: Polishing Polishing and more polishing while we wait out the last of winter here in Mytiline.
Matilda Week 186: Mytiline Mariners Prepping, polishing, painting and parties. A typical marina week as we all come together preseason.
Matilda Week 185: 2020's Greatest Hits A very quiet week as Karina had COVID again, so we've been self-isolating for the most part.
Matilda Week 179: Touring Lesvos We tour Lesvos by car, lots of stunning scenery, small villages and a bunch of old rocks!
Matilda Week 177: Farewell to the family and back to Mytilini Hanging out in Athens. Farewell to the kids and back to Mytilini.
Matilda Week 175: Mytiline to Athens Our son Jasper arrives in Mytiline and we explore more of the island before heading off to Athens to get ready for New Years Eve.
Matilda Week 174: Surrey then Mytiline We complete our second house sit in Surrey, then head back to Mytiline in Greece.
Matilda Week 170: Athens We swap house maintenance for boat maintenance and spend a few days in Athens with Shawn and Lyn from Yaama.
Matilda Week 169: Settling into Mytiline We settle into Mytiline and get some boat maintenance and human maintenance out of the way.
Matilda Week 168: The season comes to a close Season three comes to an end as we complete the bimini project, return to Greece and settle in to life at Mytilene, Lesvos.
Matilda Week 157: Crunch! From Scotland, to Greece to Türkiye, it's been a big week with lots of visits and the odd scratch along the way.
Matilda Week 154: Alone at sea and new cruising grounds A quiet week, anchoring out and cruising across the north Aegean to Lesvos where we settle in to Mytilini ready to travel this week.
Greece Week 153: Here we go again... I return from Berlin, we break our freshwater pump and I make a really horrible decision.
Matilda Week 152: Slowing down in Skiathos We see dolphins, laze around Skiathos and I make a quick trip to Berlin to visit Ches & Jen and Hannah.
Matilda Week 151: Back to the beginning then on to new destinations We're back past where it all started! Then crossing draw bridges at 2AM in the morning, followed by entertaining a toddler on board.
Matilda Week 150: Socialising on the go and spectacular shortcuts We decide to head straight to the Saronic Gulf, so this week is all about making distance. We pass the Rion-Antiron bridge and tick off a big goal crossing the Corinth Canal. All in all it's 212 nautical miles, and still time to stop for a drink with friends on the way.
Matilda Week 149: Friends and the well travelled road. Lots of catch ups with friends as we head south through the Ionian to Preveza.
Matilda Week 148: Farewell Italy, Hello Greece! Tax Evasion, Pirates, Fog and WWII Mines as we leave Italy for Greece.
Matilda Week 121 - Breaking things We break a couple more things, but are overall on the mend and off to Athens.