13th - 17th February 2016So we knew, once we boarded our very early morning flight to Antigua we were coming towards the end of this fantastic vacation. We left our hotel on Tortola in pitch darkness at 6 a.m. our last time at getting up at silly O' clock. (Or so I thought!)We landed at the very plush V. C. Bird International airport just after 9 a.m. after a quick stop off at St Kitts and a very pleasant flight it was. Even though we had read dreadful thin...

 Friday, 12th February 2016 This holiday has been utterly fantastic and insanely manic at times. The logistics of packing for the various trips we've done within the whole holiday has at times been a complete nightmare and as it always has been, the one item that I didn't know where it was, that either Peter or I desperately needed when every bag had been closed and locked ready for an onward move.We get back to Hodges Creek the main boat mooring for ch...

  Thursday 11th February 2016 Today is our last full day of our sailing trip. I can agree with everyone who has ever visited the B. V. I. s that it is the most picturesque part of the world, once you leave the capital of Tortola, Roadtown. Some of the islands are just so pretty and green. The sea is so perfectly blue and everyone we've met are friendly, happy and joyful. We've found some incredible bays and so today we leave Norman Island and sail to C...

 Wednesday 10th February  Today we are visiting Norman Island where we are told there will be great snorkelling. The one problem for Peter and I is that being regulars in the Red Sea and especially the wonderful Sharm El Sheikh, (let's hope we can revisit when things are better) we are used to fabulously full colourful reefs of thousands of fish. When we are told the B.V. I.s are fantastic for snorkelling really up to yet we've been disappointed. The G...

Tuesday, 9th February 2016 Its a long sail of 4 hours plus towards Little Jost van Dyke and J. V. D. but just before we arrive at them we moor at an island called Sandy Spit which Scott has rechristened Isle of Smiles, with that lilting Scottish burr of his. A long lost Ayrshire accent which has gently eased with his years of travelling.This island is just a very small Cay of coral sand a matter of maybe 50 metres across, with some vegetation in the middle and a...