Hi all! Just a brief update because we are, after all this time, back on board Liberty! Yay! No...boo, because the boat is still propped up on dry land at Migennes, a couple of hours south of Paris, and we aren't going anywhere. But that's OK; we have come to the boat to give it some long-overdue TLC. Since ending the adventure last September, Liberty has been on the hard in the boatyard here at Migennes. We were relieved to arrive and find that no, there wasn't...

Now that our TV programme has screened, a few people have asked us about it - what was it like filming? How long did we spend in each place? Did we buy any of the properties we were shown? What's Jasmin really like? And so on. The story is that Liz and I were on board Liberty towards the end of 2013, realising that our dream of being in the south of France and cruising through the winter in some degree of warmth was a fallacy. We'd learned from others with more ...

Well! After a whole year we finally made it onto TV! Not the production company's fault; they supply Channel 4 with a whole bunch of programmes, and it's Ch. 4 who does the scheduling. Anyway, we're not complaining. The programme screened last Sunday, and if you're out of the UK you can watch it now on Ch. 4's 'On Demand' website here. It doesn't tell the whole story - and certainly not the way we told it - but that's always the way with TV programmes; so much ...

Well. We can finally 'reveal' (as news channels are keen on saying) that the television programme we took part in a year ago will - at last - be screened here in the UK. I know! Who knew?! The programme was (as we are sure you guessed) 'A Place in the Sun: Home or Away,' and we are to be seen tossing up (careful!) whether to purchase a property in Tenerife or Liverpool. Many of you would think, 'This is a no-brainer!' - but you'd be wrong, and the programme wil...

Hi everyone! We just thought it was time we let you know what happened with Liberty, and with us, after we reached Paris and the end of our voyage. After our tootle along the Seine under Paris's bridges, dodging the fly boats and commercial barges, we reluctantly turned south and made our way over the next four or five days to Laroche Migennes, to Simon Evans's boatyard where, sadly, we drifted alongside his quay, switched off the engine, and watched as Simon l...