My top 10 travel highlights of 2016
What a year 2016 has been globally. My top 10 highlights may well sound frivolous and privileged in a year when the world has been full of sadness, unrest and nasty surprises. But they made us smile, laugh and relax after some challenging years. Its been good for the soul. I’m amazed we fitted in 6…
View PostYachting adventures in the Canaries
Mr P did some vital yachting holiday research for us in October… Too kind! I was manic with work and made a passing comment suggesting he go away with his best buddy somewhere nice and leave me in peace. I didn’t ever expect the offer to be taken up. But it’s OK as it was all…
View PostSailing my greatest adventure
Adventure lasts a lifetime? I certainly hope so. My greatest adventure has many more years to go and many new places to visit and friends to make – it’s sailing! Life is full of many little fantastic adventures, but there is a theme in mine – the best are always near to the sea!…
View PostTruth in quotes & pictures – the sea
Anyone that has dipped into my corner of the world wide web can’t have failed to have noticed I am slightly obsessed by the sea, it’s my happy place! It appears I am not the only one to think this way, there is a plethora of quotes and sayings about the sea, and…
View PostFlashback Friday 41: Solent Sailing
This is the final flashback friday – Penelope and Parker after 2 years (well actually it is 2 years and 5 days since I registered on WordPress, a little longer since I started on A Luxury Travel Blog) is now a complete record of my adventures – either as a flashback or as another…
View PostTravel Linkup – favourite things
The Sound of Music is my all-time favourite film, still – as I reach my mid-thirties!! Imagine my delight when Kelly, Emma and Rebecca and their lovely co-host Frankie, The Mischievous Mayfairy, announced this month’s travel link-up was about our favourite things. Instantly I was humming the tune, followed swiftly by ‘Edelweiss’ which is my favourite. I wondered as I…
View PostOctober with Penelope and Parker
And so we say hello to November… I’m really not sure how that happened – Christmas doesn’t feel that long ago! October was another month spent at home – I have enjoyed being based in the UK with work and spending weekends relaxing with Mr P, seeing friends and enjoying a spot of…
View PostPenelope and Parker in August
August – another month that went by in a blur, in fact 2015 has a bit of a theme to it it seems! As is customary, here’s my best bits! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Parker (@annaeparker) The month started warm, thank goodness – we immediately made the…
View PostSailing fun and frolics – Cowes Week and the Rolex Fastnet Race
This summer I have seized a different opportunity to travel and reminded myself always to find time for the things that make me happy. I hadn’t expected to have had the chance to get back on the water this summer – it really has been a case of every cloud having a silver…
View PostOffshore sailing – my kind of weekend
Yes – really! A spot of offshore yacht racing really is my kind of weekend! This blog is about luxury and unique trips and sailing ticks both boxes. It is a luxury to be able to take part in (and to not need to shower or change clothes for a few days or even…
View PostFlashback Friday 28 – Wedding Day Travel
As luck would have it, our 5th wedding anniversary is today and today is Friday – which means it’s a flashback day… So our wedding finally features! Now we didn’t ‘travel’ per se on our wedding day as we were busy getting married and having a downright marvellous time with friends and family……
View PostSailing in Sardinia
As places to spend a week sailing, laughing with friends and generally relaxing and having a jolly good time go – well, it doesn’t really get much better! Mr P and I have both spent many years sailing on big boats and so we were thrilled to be invited to sail on Bella…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 9 – Minorca Sailing
Not all holidays have to be relaxing, although we did have plenty of time to relax when we weren’t sailing! Minorca Sailing is one of the better equipped beach sailing companies and they also are very good at race training and racing for experienced sailors! We had a week down there honing our…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 8 – first race win!
This photo memory isn’t travel per se, as we live in Southampton and it was taken on Southampton water, but no matter. It is an important photo! We were travelling in our chosen vessel – Pondlife, our much loved dinghy! This is Mr P and me metres away from the finish line in…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photos Memories 5 – Sailing at Marazion
My husband and I have done a lot of sailing and have been lucky to travel overseas from time to time to enjoy it too, but ask us both where our favourite regatta was and we’ll both say that it was this one – held in Marazion, near Penzance. It is one of…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories – 4 – Lake Garda
Lake Garda is something of a Mecca for sailors – every class wants a regatta here to see what it is all about. We’ve now been twice – probably enough sailing in my book, but I’d love to go back for a holiday (in fact there is an SLH property in a stunning…
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