Blue Fern Adventures

10/04/2026

Planning ahead and incubating next year's Easter bunnies ...



NYT's Chocolate Easter Egg Nests

14/02/2026

AI generated water colours and one original photo from Amelia's sailing class

27/01/2026

Had Amelia's friends over and we inflated an expired life raft for entertainment.

26/01/2026

Wall of memories!

23/01/2026

Happiness is your own gymnastics beam and bar

29/12/2025

When you go to watch the sunset from the roof but the adults are talking about boring stuff.

10/12/2025

17/08/2025

Oops, time to get caught up. Greece Part II
After our skipper training, we spent another 2 weeks in Sivota so Amelia could complete some RYA dinghy courses. Looks like the sailing bug has bitten!
Janice and I spent the time exploring the island of Lefkada and we loved the view from our balcony.
Then we caught the ferry to Corfu and spent a few days exploring. Happily for Amelia there was time to visit a water park and for Gary, some plane spotting.
Greece was a last minute decision and we were so grateful we went ... friendly people, amazing food, blue water, and sailing ... a perfect summer!

09/07/2025

Greece Part I ...
We were wondering what to do after Romania, when Janice mentioned sailing. This was a Tuesday morning; by Thursday we had our courses booked, on Saturday we were back on Lefkada (we visited the island back in April 2022 in our motorhome) and on Sunday we were onboard.
Janice and Gary had spoken about getting skipper's tickets to charter bareboats ... well, now thanks to and Yassir () we are holders of 2 Day Skippers and a Competent Crew certificate!
And the views, sea, warm weather and hospitality of the Ionian Islands made it even more spectacular and special!

05/07/2025

Romania ... a new country for us. Specifically a week in Sibiu.
Thank-you you Rachel from for organising the hub! We had fun exploring the very walkable city and meeting new families.
A definite highlight was driving the Transfagarasan Highway, described by Jeremy Clarkson as "The world’s best road". We enjoyed it too ... despite driving a Dacia and not a supercar!
An even greater treat was seeing the bears on the Lake Vidrau section of the highway! The cubs were soo cute, well, maybe not their claws. And we appreciated being able to watch the bears from the safety of our car!
Unfortunately the beauty hides a darker story ... hundreds of workers are thought to have died during the construction of the highway and, despite the signs, people feed the bears resulting in sometimes deadly interactions 😞

02/07/2025

We spent a couple of weeks visiting friends near Bath, near Plymouth, in Jersey and in London. Lots of fun activities, excellent company, new islands (Jersey) and new attractions (Rame Head Coastwatch Station, Madame Tussauds and the Millennium Bridge) ... yes, it has taken some of us 25 years to walk across it 😂 Thank you to everyone (and the sunny weather) who made it so wonderful.