Blog Posts

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#171.  9 Days & 155 Nautical Miles in Albania  Albania 26/06/2022

#170.  Off Again, Sailing into 2022 Turkey & Greece 18/06/2022

#169.  Travelling Turkiye III – Gallipoli  Turkey 05/06/2022

#168.  Travelling Turkiye II – Istanbul  Turkey 25/05/2022

#167.  Travelling Turkiye – The Black Sea & Inland Train  Turkey 19/05/2022

#166. Talking Turkey Turkey 19/03/2022

#165. 2021 The Year That Was … Tunisia, Malta, Italy, Greece, Turkey 09/01/2022

#164. Exploring Cappadocia – Turkey Turkey 30/12/2021

#163. To Turkey in Two Hours Turkey 29/11/2021

#162. Boat Life – Fabulous or Frightening?  Greece 22/10/2021

#161. Getting Around Greece Greece 01/10/2021

#160. G’Day From Greece Greece 07/09/2021

#159 Malta to Greece (via Italy)Malta, Italy, Greece 25/08/2021

#158.  Going to Gozo Malta 28/07/2021

#157. Fixing Stuff & Exploring Valletta Malta 20/07/2021

#156. More of Malta Malta 15/07/2021

#155. Comino Island (The Little Island) Malta Malta 05/06/2021

#154.  Making Our Way To Malta Malta 28/06/2021

#153. Touring TunisiaTunisia 16/06/2021

#152.  Red Roo Haul Out Tunisia 30/5/2021

#151. Months Spent In Monastir Tunisia 23/05/2021

#150.  Tunisia – Red Roo Is Back In Africa 18/04/2021

#149.  Off Again – Into The Mediterranean Sea  Spain 08/02/2021

#148.  That Sinking Feeling  Spain 20/11/2020

#147. We WON!  30/09/2020

#146.  Morocco to Spain via Australia Morocco Spain Australia 31/03/2019

#145.  Chefchaouen & The Rif Mountains – Winter in Morocco Morocco 07/02/2019

#144. Morocco Part II Exploring Inland.  Morocco 22/01/2019

#143. Another Year on Red Roo our 2018 Wrap Up.  Morocco 31/12/2018

#142. We Made It To Morocco – Part I Tangier 17/12/2018

#141. Cruising to Cádiz.  Portugal/Spain 02/12/2018

#140.  Our First Haul Out.  Portugal 20/11/2018

#139. Lisbon to Faro.  Portugal 12/11/2018

#138. Porto to Lisbon with William. Portugal 18/10/2018

#137. Porto – Portugal, a day cruise with family and friends. Portugal 08/09/2018

#136. The Day the Engine Wouldn’t Start.  Spain 26/08/2018

#135.  Hola Spain. Spain 13/08/2018

#134.  Crossing the Bay of Biscay.  France – Spain 30/07/2018

#133.  Road Trip La Rochelle to Bordeaux.  France 23/07/2018

#132. French Island Fun in the Sun, Swimming and Scrubbing.  France 13/07/2018

#131. 200 Nautical Miles of Brittany Coast France 04/07/2018

#130. Ile de Bréhat, a place I could happily call home France 21/06/2018

#129. Au Revoir Normandy, Bonjour Brittany – working our way West France 16/06/2018

#128. Îles Chausey France 12/06/2018

#127. Bonjour France – Granville France 07/06/2018

#126. 2018 Begins – United Kingdom to the Channel Islands 18/05/2018

#125. Waiting out Winter United Kingdom 24/04/2018

#124. 2017 Red Roo Wrap Up United Kingdom 25/12/2018

#123.  Another Night on The North Sea – The Last Passage for 2017 The Netherlands – England 22/12/2017

#122.  Birthday in Belgium – Exploring Antwerp Belgium 15/12/2017

#121. St Nicholas Day in Veere & Ready to Launch from Vlissingen The Netherlands 14/12/2017

#120.  1995 Beer Prices and The Big Muscle The Netherlands 06/12/2017

#119.  Dutch Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet The Netherlands 26/11/2017

#118.  Empty Harbours as Winter Sets In The Netherlands 17/11/2017

#117.  Red Roo Returns to The Netherlands The Netherlands 02/11/2017

#116. A Night on The North Sea – Germany to The Netherlands 25/10/2017

#115. Closing the Baltic Loop at Laboe Germany 23/10/2017

#114. What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailors? Denmark 19/10/2017

#113. Back on the Water – Gilleleje, Odden Havn, Ballen & Middelfart Denmark 15/10/2017

# 112.  Pirates of Disneyland London & Paris 01/10/2017

# 111. Helsingor & Gilleleje . . . any wetter and we would be swimming Denmark 21/09/2017

# 110. Copenhagen – Princess Mary . . . It Should Have Been Me! Denmark 09/09/2017

# 109.  Sweden’s Stone Ship – Two Ports in One Day Sweden 04/09/2017

# 108. Dropping in on some Danish Dirt Denmark 29/08/2017

# 107.  Still Sailing Sweden Sweden 25/08/2017

# 106.  Singing in the Sauna – Sweden Sweden 11/08/2017

# 105. Åland Islands – Sandö, Kobba Klintar & Mariehamn Finland 24/07/2017

# 104.  Finland Archipelago Part II – Did you know there are cow in heaven? Finland 20/07/2017

# 103.  Finland Archipelago Part I – 5 Locations, 6 Nights & 7 BBQ’s Finland 12/07/2017

# 102.  24 Hours in Helsinki Finland 04/07/2017

# 101. Red Roo Team Reunited – Tallinn Estonia 30/06/2017

# 100. Solo Sailing Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia 22/06/2017

# 99. Wind Taken Out of our Sails in Swinoujscie Poland 20/05/2017

# 98.  Stralsund  Germany 16/05/2017

# 97.  Kuhlungsborn & Warnemünde  Germany 13/05/2017

# 96.  Wismar  Germany 11/05/2017

# 95.  Travemunde & Lübeck  Germany 09/05/2017

# 94.  Laboe  Germany 05/05/2017

# 93.  Kiel Canal  Germany 01/05/2017

# 92.  Germany – Brunsbuttel 30/04/2017

# 91.  Dokkum & Lauwersoog  The Netherlands 27/04/2017

# 90.  Leeuwarden  The Netherlands 24/04/2017

# 89.  Pikmar (Grou)  The Netherlands 22/04/2017

# 88.  Sloten  The Netherlands 21/04/2017

# 87.  Lemmer  The Netherlands 20/04/2017

# 86.  Enkhuizen  The Netherlands 19/04/2017

# 85.  Hoorn  The Netherlands 15/04/2017

# 84.  Volendam   The Netherlands 14/04/2017

# 83.  Amsterdam  The Netherlands 12/04/2017

# 82.  Haarlem  The Netherlands 06/04/2017

# 81.  Lisse & Keukenhof  The Netherlands 04/04/2017

# 80.  Westeinderplassen & Royal Flora Holland  The Netherlands 03/04/2017

# 79.  Oudewetering  The Netherlands 02/04/2017

# 78.  Gouda  The Netherlands 31/03/2017

# 77.  Dordrecht  The Netherlands 28/03/2017

# 76.  Willemstad  The Netherlands 23/03/2017

# 75.  Mosselbank (Grevelingenmeer)  The Netherlands 21/03/2017

# 74.  Middelburg  The Netherlands 20/03/2017

# 73.  Zierikzee  The Netherlands 14/03/2017

# 72.  Oosterschelde  The Netherlands 12/03/2017

# 71.  Vlissingen  The Netherlands 11/03/2017

# 70.  Ipswich  England 08/03/2017

# 69.  London  England 09/12/2016

# 68.  Queenborough  England 08/11/2016

# 67.  Shotley  England 07/11/2016

# 66.  Blythe, Whitby & Lowestoft  England 04/11/2016

# 65.  Eyemouth  Scotland 28/10/2016

# 64.  Edinburgh  Scotland 27/10/2016

# 63.  Buckie, Peterhead & Arbroath  Scotland 18/10/2016

# 62.  The Caledonian Canal  Scotland 15/10/2016

# 61.  Fort William  Scotland 07/10/2016

# 60.  Port Appin  Scotland 06/10/2016

# 59.  Oban  Scotland 05/10/2016

# 58.  Loch Aline  Scotland 02/10/2016

# 57.  Mallaig  Scotland 01/10/2016

# 56.  Plockton, Kyleakin, Ornsay & The Biscuit Tin Castle  Scotland 24/09/2016

# 55.  Rona & Loch Gairloch  Scotland 18/09/2016

# 54.  Stornoway  Scotland 15/09/2016

# 53.  Loch Maddy  Scotland 09/09/2016

# 52.  Kallin Harbour & Wizards Pool  Scotland 05/09/2016

# 51.  Loch Boisdale  Scotland 30/08/2016

# 50.  Canna  Scotland 27/08/2016

# 49.  Tobermory  Scotland 26/08/2016

# 48.  Seil Island – The Bridge Across The Atlantic  Scotland 24/08/2016

# 47.  Crinan  Scotland 23/08/2016

# 46.  Gigha, Loch Sween & Tayvallich  Scotland 20/08/2016

# 45.  Port Ellen, Islay  Scotland 17/08/2016

# 44.  Portrush  Northern Ireland 14/08/2016

# 43.  Derry (Londonderry) Northern Ireland 13/08/2016

# 42.  Greencastle  Republic of Ireland 01/08/2016

# 41.  Tory Island  Republic of Ireland 30/07/2016

# 40.  Burtonport & Aran Road  Republic of Ireland 29/07/2016

# 39.  Achill Sound Republic of Ireland 27/07/2016

# 38.  Clew Bay  Republic of Ireland 22/07/2016

# 37.  Inishturk Republic of Ireland 19/07/2016

# 36.  Diamond Hill – Letterfrack (Fahy Bay)  Republic of Ireland 16/07/2016

# 35.  Inishboffin  Republic of Ireland 13/07/2016

# 34.  Clifton  Republic of Ireland 11/07/2016

# 33.  Galway  Republic of Ireland 07/07/2016

# 32.  Aran Islands – Inishmore (Kilronan)  Republic of Ireland 23/06/2016

# 31.  Fenit  Republic of Ireland 20/06/2016

# 30.  Dingle  Republic of Ireland 18/06/2016

# 29.  Great Skellig Island (Darrynane)  Republic of Ireland 10/06/2016

# 28.  Glengarriff  Republic of Ireland 07/06/2016

# 27.  Fastnet Rock Lighthouse  Republic of Ireland 05/06/2016

# 26.  Glandore  Republic of Ireland 04/06/2016

# 25.  Kinsale  Republic of Ireland 02/06/2016

# 24.  Ardmore Bay  Republic of Ireland 31/05/2016

# 23.  Dunmore East  Republic of Ireland 30/05/2016

# 22.  Waterford  Republic of Ireland 29/05/2016

# 21.  Kilmore Quay  Republic of Ireland 26/05/2016

# 20.  Skomer Island  Wales 25/05/2016

# 19.  Milford Haven  Wales 23/05/2016

# 18.  Lundy Island  England 12/05/2016

# 17.  Padstow – May Day!  England 09/05/2016

# 16.  Padstow – Red Roo’s Home Port  England 08/05/2016

# 15.  St Ives  England 17/04/2016

# 14.  Newlyn & St Michaels Mount  England 16/04/2016

# 13.  Falmouth  England 12/04/2016

# 12.  Fowey  England 04/04/2016

# 11.  Salcombe  England 01/04/2016

# 10.  Dartmouth  England 21/03/2016

# 9.  Jersey  The Channel Islands 18/03/2016

# 8.  Guernsey  The Channel Islands 16/02/2016

# 7.  Alderney  The Channel Islands 16/01/2016

# 6.  Cherbourg  France 09/01/2016

# 5.  Saint Vaast la Hougue  France 10/12/2015

# 4.  Ouistreham, Caen & Bayeux  France 25/11/2015

# 3.  Honfleur  France 24/11/2015

# 2.  Le Havre  France 10/11/2015

# 1.  Red Roo Let the Journey Begin  France 01/11/2015