Month: February 2014

Theres nothing quite  like sitting indoors on a wet and windy day to get you thinking about the summer and summer holidays.  This summer we will be sailing up in the Lofoten Islands of Norway enjoying 24 hour daylight surrounded by spectacular scenery.

We get there in June, and will be joining with the locals later in the month to celebrate midsummers day.  The Norwegians celebrate by burning bonfires on the beaches, we will settle for a BBQ on the back of the boat in a peaceful anchorage – our favourite is pictured above.

We are running trips in June, July and August – and although most of them are filling up now there are still a few spaces in the early ones.   Our base in Bodo is easy to get to.  Fly from your local airport to Oslo and then take an internal flight to Bodo, there are about 5 a day.   As of today, flights are approximately £250 return from London Gatwick with SAS or Norwegian Air, also available from other UK airports.

We spend the days sailing and the evenings exploring ashore – plenty of time as it never goes dark.  We expect to see lots of wildlife too.  Last year we saw numerous types of birds, huge eagles, pods of pilot whales, dolphins, and even some Killer Whales.

Why not join us – full details of the places we have left are as follows

Lofoten Islands of Norway – 8 night Sailing Holiday
Date: 7th – 15th June 2014
Price: £950.00  2 spaces

Lofoten Islands Midnight Sun sailing holiday
Date: 19th June – 29th June 2014
Price: £1,295.00  6 spaces

Lofoten Islands of Norway – 10 night Sailing Holiday
Date: 3rd – 13th July 2014
Price: £1,295.00  4 spaces

Lofoten Islands of Norway – 11 night Sailing Holiday
Date: 17th – 28th July 2014
Price: £1,395.00  1 space

For the past week we have been watching the weather in UK with awe.  Every morning BBC news website had photos of various parts of the coast under water or being deluged with big waves.  It looked horrific.

Although the weather in Lanzarote is nowhere near as bad as UK, it has been a bit unsettled recently and last week we had 2 days of rain and gales. Despite this we still managed to circumnavigate Lanzarote and visit the tiny island of Graciosa.
One of the highlights of the week was being joined by a couple of pilot whales as we sailed along the coast by Arrecife.

The last day, shorebound by the gales, we took the opportunity for a land trip and went to see the volcanos in  Timanfaya National Park instead.

The worst of the weather was on Sunday once the guests had left.  The most wind we saw on the dial was 46 knots, definitely enough to snap a stern line.  Luckily we had 4 of them so came to no harm.

The wind has now dropped, but it is still quite cold, we do expect it to stop for our next trip on Thursday. Meanwhile I am sitting here ‘dreaming of summer’