Posted in 986775, Events and Stories, tagged AMC, BHR, De Smet, Gent, hip resurfacing, hip surgery, osteoarthritis on 12 March, 2008 | No Comments »
Hydro therapy - 5 days after the operation
In January I travelled to Gent in Belgium for a hip resurfacing operation with Dr Koen De Smet. Several people asked me to post about my experience there but I was waiting for some photos to arrive. They are now here (no gory ones) so read on …
I have had osteoarthritis [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Life on Aegina, tagged Greece, mountains, snow on 11 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought that those of you who have only been here during the hot summer months might be interested in this photograph. People sometimes do not believe that we get cold winters here!
The photo was taken while driving home along the north coast and shows the hills around Athens covered with snow.
We’ve had quite a smattering of snow [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Staff & Other Animals, tagged dogs, Labrador, puppies on 23 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The night that I returned from Belgium, Afea, our three year old Labrador gave birth to seven lovely puppies. They are shown here at one day old. The father, Vigaro, was a golden Labrador.
Unfortunately one of them subsequently died but she still has four golden girls and two little black boys. We will be keeping one [...]
Posted in 986775, Events and Stories, Powerboating, Sailing on 6 December, 2007 | No Comments »
… would YOU know how best to survive at sea?
Well equipped yachts carry modern safety equipment to help you - lifejackets, flares, EPIRB, and liferaft. Hopefully most people will never have to use any of this equipment in earnest.
But if you were in an emergency situation, would you know what to do?
The RYA one-day Sea [...]
Posted in 986775, Crew Club, Events and Stories, Sailing on 30 October, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The October 2007 mile building trip to the Cyclades was due to start on the afternoon of Saturday 21 October. On Friday night a gale warning went out for the week end – Force 9 for the Sunday. There were nine people of six different nationalities booked to sail with me. Most of the crew were [...]
Posted in Crew Club, Events and Stories, General Nonsense on 26 September, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, the best laid pirate plans come adrift at times. We didn’t manage to celebrate ITLAPD quite as we’d hoped due to a number of unexpected problems.
However, here are three pirates waiting to welcome in our yachts outside NOAs cafe on Aegina. Three fearsome wenches if you ask me …
Posted in Events and Stories, Sailing on 25 September, 2007 | No Comments »
After a really smooth running summer the last few weeks have brought us a number of problems.
The major one is that Zotelot, our Oceanis 400, was taken up to the Ionian for three weeks in August. Unfortunately she had an engine fire and has not yet been able to return to the Aegean. There was [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Life on Aegina on 30 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch with us enquiring about whether we are all right.
We have been lucky enough not to have had any fires on Aegina. Like most of Greece we have pine covered mountains and so we are vulnerable like everywhere else. I posted a photo of the fires on Hydra [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, General Nonsense on 23 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Ahoy, me hearties! Did you know that September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
We be celebratin’ this by talkin’ like pirates all day (or as much as we can) t’ raise funds for t’ Jubilee Sailin’ Trust.
If you be (un?) lucky enough t’ be sailin’ with us that week you’ll have been sent [...]
Posted in Events and Stories on 14 August, 2007 | No Comments »
This dramatic picture was taken from our yachts as they sailed in the Hydra Channel. It shows the blaze that ungulfed the island during last month’s unprecedented hot weather.
The record temperatures and high winds were a lethal combination that led to large fires in many areas of Greece.
