Custom List: Special Mentions

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:17:41 GMT

Special Mentions

Steven
Have a great day, Love Maxine, Steve, Alexander & Edward
Hamish
Happy Birthday Hamish Love from Alexander, Edward, Maxine & Steve
Ben
Happy 13th Birthday Ben can't believe you are going to be a teenager! Lots of Love Auntie Maxine, Uncle Steven, Alexander, Edward & Jasper xxxxxx
Ewen
Happy Birthday, catch up in August for some beers! Steve, Maxine, Edward & Alexander
James harrison
Happy Birthday from Alexander & Edward
Henry Marshall
Have a good day Henry from Edward
Mum
Happy Birthday Mum, we will raise a glass for you then celebrate when you get to Corfu! Lots of Love Maxine, Steven, Alexander, Edward & Jasper xxxx

Book List: Boat Book List

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:08:08 GMT

Boat Book List

Sam Juneau: A Chateau of One's Own: Restoration Misadventures in France
Thanks Karen for an interseting book, as most people know France is one of our favourite places and was in the running for our year out. A family's story of their ups & downs after buying a huge chateau to renovate. Maxine
Cecelia Ahern: A Place Called Here
Another one of Fiona's easy holiday reads which Steven calls drival! Thanks Fi Maxine
Neil Cross: Always the Sun
Heartbreaking story about a bereaved father and son, difficult reading at times but worth finiahing. Maxine
Michael Morpurgo: Billy the Kid
really great and interesting my favourite part is:the first goal he scored. edward
Darren Shan: Blood Beast (The Demonata)
great full of fantasy and horor with some added magic Alexander (alley) (fairey)
Annie Murray: Chocolate Girls
Good old family saga story with a predictable storyline borrowed en route. Don't think it would have been a buying choice but beggars can't be choosers! Maxine
Charlotte Bingham: Daughters of Eden
Borrowed from the marina library in Marmaris. An enjoyable read set in the second world war, predicatable in places but still good. Maxine
Dennis the Menace a Menace Strikes Back! (Dennis the Menace) (Dennis the Menace)
i really enjoy reading the funny parts but the most funnyest part is when Dennis and Gnasher thro cakes at walter the softy how i laughed a lot. Edward
Dennis the Menace a Mission to Menace! (Dennis the Menace) (Dennis the Menace)
my favorite part is ...............the whole book!!!!! edward
Darrel Odgers: Dognapped! (Jack Russell, Dog Detective) (Jack Russell, Dog Detective)
really desribing words used and my favourite part is:when he gets his stuff takenof him and when weird smells appear.Edward
Roald Dahl: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Young Puffin Books)
its full of action packed stuff and all the sneaking around edward
Alan MacDonald: Fleas! (Dirty Bertie)
super but is as good as birtie and his worms at the party Alexander
Jojo Moyes: Foreign Fruit
First boat book swap read, interesting storyline which made for easy reading. Maxine
Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (Penguin Red Classics)
Felt that I should read at least one classic whilst away, took some reading but finally finished. Maxine
Anthony Horowitz: Groosham Grange
a great book full of magic, mystery and horror with a great tale instore for you alexander
J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) [Adult Edition]
Were really grateful to Lesley & David for bringing us a copy out to Sardinia. Alexander read in 2 days so I couldn't get her hands on it until he had finished. As always a brilliant read, can't believe there will be no more! Maxine
Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways (Horrid Henry)
10 funny ghastly and gloopy stories with horrid things happening all the time. Alexander
Jonathan Tropper: How To Talk To A Widower
Read this book on my last evening at woodhouse when the TV had gone.If you need to borrow a copy Sue Sendall has one if it survived being shoved through the letterbox!Maxine
Jodi Picoult: Keeping Faith
Must admit to really enjoying Jodi Picoult's books, they are easy reading but interesting storylines. Maxine
Michael Morpurgo: Kensuke's Kingdom
its really catchy and my favourite bit is getting lost edward
Jodi Picoult: Mercy
Great read Maxine
Garth Nix: Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom)
great good in the fantasy dep and full of adventure,magic and much more. all togethera super read. Alexander
Jodi Picoult: My Sister's Keeper
A thought provoking book from Fiona which I wouldn't have chosen had I not been stock piling the boat. A quick but not always easy reading. Maxine
Cathy Kelly: Past Secrets
An easy read picked up in Epidhavros for the bargin price of 13 euros, shows how desperate I've become! Maxine
Patrick Suskind: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
A Hathern Book Club book which I didn't make the deadline so it got packed. A interesting read that has you gripped throughout. Maxine
Simon Kernick: Relentless
Great book the type that you just can't put down. The only disadvantage was that on reaching page 144 my copy had the 1st 50 pages repeated! Even with the missing pages a fab read. Thanks Sue for another good book. Maxine
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Popular Classics)
Had to be done! Hopefully we won't be doing the same. Steve
Marcia Willett: The Children's Hour
Picked out of Fiona' book collection before leaving, an easy read with interesting outcomes. Thanks Fi. Maxine
Minette Walters: The Dark Room
Another great read. Maxine
Kate Morton: The House at Riverton
Book swop from Jo & Rob sailing on Yacht 'Panic' who we were alongside in Lavadhia on Tilos. Jo also belongs to a book club in the UK and this was one of their reads. A good storyline made for easy reading. Thanks Jo
Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones
A last minute buy, very thought provoking about a young girl who is murdered then watches life on earth. Painful at times but worth a read. Maxine
Pam Redmond Satran: The Man I Should Have Married
Light reading with predictable ending! Marina book swop. Maxine
Kate Saunders: The Marrying Game
Marina library book, this book falls into the harmless drival group! Easy reading. Maxine
Kim Edwards: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
An interesting story which kept me going in the last few days before leaving the UK and arriving in Mahon, an easy read for the plane! Maxine
Minette Walters: The Scold's Bridle
New author to me, certainly worth a read. Maxine
Chris Mould: The Wooden Mile (Something Wickedly Weird)
A great adventure of a young boy who owns a huge house at crampton rock this book is full of adventure, horror, and magic alexander
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island (Puffin Classics)
a great adventure of pirates thieves and a quest for treasure alexaner
Alan MacDonald: Trolls United (Troll Trouble)
great holarious tale of a troll who wants to play football but buys the wrong boots for the game alexander
Gwyneth Lewis: Two in a Boat: The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage
Another interesting book telling the tale of a husband & wife who give up their lives in the UK to sail. I'm sure as time goes on I will probably be able to relate to most of the book both the ups & downs! Thanks Sue & Nick. Maxine
Michael Rosen: Uncle Billy Being Silly (Colour Young Puffin)
my favourite poem is arrows bcause the boss gets one in his hand.ha ha he deservs it anyway!.Edward
Kjartan Poskitt: Urgum the Axeman
great book of barbarians with attidude with fighting all the time thanks to ben and james sendall for giving me this book alexander
Alan MacDonald: Worms! (Dirty Bertie)
3 action fulled stories but the action is in a filthy humurus way best part of the stories was in worms when Bertie goestoa party and using face paints makes everyone look like slugs!!!! Alexander

Custom List: Useful websites

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:11:51 GMT

Useful websites

Noonsite
Well respected web site full of useful info for cruising
Eastbourne Marina
Eastbourne marina - Pania's home until we leave.
Morgan Sailing
Dave Morgan's web site. We wouldn't be anywhere near ready without Dave's help - he has patiently taken us from total novices to passable sailors. If you're looking for training or boat charter at reasonable rates please give Dave a call. Thanks Dave.
Tate and Crewe
Did all the maintenance and new fit on Pania. A great job completed on time. Thanks T&C.
Marinapedia
Useful site with a map search for marinas everywhere

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