Revisiting the ionian’s idyllic islands

PART 4

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

We’re having some time away from the boat. The trouble is though, we’re not very good at actually being away. Because, when on land, we come over all nostalgic and sentimental about both the boat and

B a ck in youth's happy days at ...

Years ago before GPS or Loran C made navigation a whole lot easier, I was headed up this coast on an overnight passage from the Strait of Messina to Camerota on the underbelly of Capo Palinuro. I was

A HEART-STOPPING ENCOUNTER WHEN A MIGRANT VESSEL COLLIDES WITH A CRUISING YACHT LEAVES SUSAN SMILLIE SHAKEN BUT THANKFUL