Cam & Tom's Sailing Blog

Two weeks in Ibiza

Greetings from Ibiza where the weather is glorious! Actually, it’s not. I think London and Leipzig have seen more sun in the last few weeks than we have in Spain! The latest downpour has just let up leaving...

Camilla Ransom
2 comments
169 views
4 min read

Category - Spain

Captain's LogSpain

Sat 2 Jun

At the end of 2016 I I started sending a weekly newsletter about sailing. You can find it here. Surprisingly I’ve actually stuck to it and I’ve got 650 subscribers now which is pretty cool. They’re chatty too and...

48 views
2 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Fri 1 Jun

After Tom’s late night cable routing endeavours we finally called it a night at about 0130. Whilst doing our teeth we noticed the water pump making a strange noise, almost like it wasn’t getting enough power. That...

69 views
3 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Thu 31 May

I can safely say we’ve walked more in the past 4 days than we have in the last 6 months combined. Today was another 24,500 step marathon which had us walk around Badalona in the morning (more errands: things to...

72 views
1 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Wed 30 May

Today was another early morning, this time an 8am appointment in the city to get Tom an MRI scan. After waiting for the rain to stop we walked towards Gracia. It’s a pretty area of Barcelona having initially been a...

50 views
2 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Tue 29 May

Yesterday (Monday) we had a day with loads of errands to run. We got up super early – way earlier than when we were still working – and took the metro into the city. On the list was me getting a blood test...

55 views
3 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Sun 27 May

After having spent all day yesterday fretting about the consequences of leaving Schibsted, after a decent night sleep I felt good again this morning. Being able now to be involved in getting the boat ready is really...

48 views
2 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Sat 26 May

Tired from not getting much sleep we got up late then went for a wander around the little boat show happening in Badalona marina, and found someone who could come and check the tension of our rig next week. After 14...

49 views
2 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Fri 25 May – Last day at work!

Today was the day, my last day at Schibsted! In the months leading up to today I’d been imagining how I’d feel when I woke up. Hugely excited most likely! I got up and went for a shower. The weather was sunny but...

84 views
2 min read
Captain's LogSpain

Thu 24 May

Today was a day with not a lot of boat jobs, or one massive boat job, depending on how you look at it. Our friends were planning to buy a boat and I went to join them as they got the survey done. We drove about an hour...

50 views
2 min read
BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Wed 23 May

Today started really slow. After saying goodbye to our neighbours (they headed off to Mallorca this morning) my plan was to continue working on the chartplotter, and secretly I was hopeful I’d be able to finish...

2 comments
108 views
2 min read
BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Tue 22 May

Today was the first day where I had my old life back – well the life I had between leaving my job and becoming a boat yardie. Camilla headed off to work (only 4 days left to go!) and I joined our good friend...

88 views
2 min read
BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Mon 21 May

We had a lovely weekend with my Dad and Sue in Barcelona, and today (a public holiday in Spain) we went to meet them for an early breakfast before they flew home to Periana (it’s about an hour north of Malaga in...

64 views
2 min read

Follow Us