Lots of Lazing About, Saturday 1st July The last fortnight has been hotting up. I had a lovely birthday (thanks to all for cards stashed away, presents, emails and messages ). In the previous blog I mentioned that we were in Ortisim Bükü or Laundry Bay, on account of its fresh water spring. After opening presents, we took the boat and anchored as close to the "spring" beach as possible. There were two Turkish boats there (as well as the little Russian family fr...

From Worldly to Wild - Gӧgova Kӧrvezi to Datça Saturday 21st June 2014 The contrast has been amazing. From the tourist concrete jungle to sweet little Çӧkermle, and then into the wilderness. We travelled virtually the whole of the Gulf of Kӧrvezi, covering over 100nm and found the getting out to be more challenging than the getting in (wind and wave directions). We stopped in some great places, again with wonderful names: Castle Island and Snake Island (Seh...