If it's Tuesday, it must be Turkey. Tuesday 30th May Unbelievably, we are sitting under cover in the rain, in a fjord-like inlet in Turkey. Not that the location is unbelievable, but the rain is. Normally, around early May there is a storm: after that the weather clears and it is hot, sunny and cloudless from then on. A very strange year and we are hearing tales of thunder & lightning storms from fellow sailors all over Britain, France and the rest of Europe....

More Markets, Thursday, 25th September It's been a hot and sunny week in the Gulf of Fethiye. We missed the market days in Fethiye itself (Mon & Wed) but there is a daily covered fish market and fruit & veg market. The fresh produce is fabulous. Since then we have pootled about the bays (Seagull Bay, Ragged Bay, Wall Bay, etc), coves and islets of this sheltered sea area: anchoring, swimming & snorkelling and climbing up to visit ruins where we can. F...