Still in Torevieja, Lizzie has gone to Scotland for five days to help Kate who is preparing for child birth. So I'm having a taste of being a single parent, not easy…makes me feel a bit guilty for being such an arse for mum when I was growing up! Saying that so far so good and of course being only 5 days I can spoil and bribe the kids in a way that I couldn't if I had them all the time… So today we're going out for ice cream!!! The weather has taken a...

Still in Torevieja, Lizzie has gone to Scotland for five days to help Kate who is preparing for child birth. So I'm having a taste of being a single parent, not easy…makes me feel a bit guilty for being such an arse for mum when I was growing up! Saying that so far so good and of course being only 5 days I can spoil and bribe the kids in a way that I couldn't if I had them all the time… So today we're going out for ice cream!!! The weather has taken a...

Blog 9 John here again, thought it was about time I found the time to write a little! Living on the boat is so far fun and challenging. Having little or no break from the kids is both rewarding and exhausting. We are trying to do some kind of school with the Ellen most days which is generally going well and she does seem to be learning fast! Anna won't be left out and keeps demanding to do the alphabet just one more time! We're still in Torrevieja awaiting the m...

This is not a 'what have we been doing' blog. This is a reflection on our new life. As I write this ellen and anna are sitting at the table in the cockpit making purple paint out of blue and red, john is making pasta, and I am indulging in a bit of pondering. It seems odd to me now that it was at all a big decision to leave Prestwick and sell up to come and live on a boat. It seems even odder that living on a boat seemed like such a different thing to do - that i...

Liz here again! We haven't had wifi for ages now, hence the lack of emails and blogs! Carrying on from last time - we have been having a very sociable time! We took John and Elizabeth (the windsurfing people we met - the name coincidence doesn't end there - Elizabeth is also part of the Douglas clan!!!) for a day sail round the Mar Menor, ending up at Los Nietos - a small harbour with just about room for us on their visitors pontoon. We were allowed to stay for a...