A trip on the Great Smokey Mt Railroad was in order before we began the drive along the Parkway. It was a steam engine , but the boiler was heated by diesel – much to Andrez’s disappointment as ...

Tom's first day in USA and we went to the National White Water Rafting Center outside Charlotte, NC. Tom and I are in the front of the first raft. Brilliant fun!

We've had daytime weather nonsense today - to add to the night time shenanigans. We expected the worst, looking at this sky, only to experience torrential rain accompanied by hours of flat calm.

We looked forward to visiting this town and adding it to our collection of capitals visited. Unfortunately, the anchorage was dreadful and we only got ashore for a short time before we lifted anchor a ...

Another day, another British island, another volcano. This one is extinct (one hopes!), but it still dominates this small, charming capital.

The pyroclastic flow that buried the town drove out into the water. You can just make out the original waterfront on the postcard - I am actually standing half way up the jetty by the ramp.

The capital, Plymouth, was buried in ash by the first eruption and we walked around looking in 3rd floor windows and admiring lava bombs.

Drive to the southern end of the island and you are in the shadow of the still-active volcano.Can't be done though without special permits issued by the Police. It first erupted in 1995 and hasn't rea ...

We are anchored at the opposite end of the island to the volcano! This is one of only 2 anchorages left since the eruption.

Another day sail, this time from Guadaloupe to Montserrat. We must stand off 2 miles as the volcano is still active.