Before dawn on 2nd September, 31 BC, Octavian walked down from his hilltop camp towards the sea along the dusty paths among the wild maquis. Scratchy holly and thorns along the way.  He came across a peasant accompanied by a donkey, and they spoke. “ My name is Lucky,” said the man to Octavian, […]

Cleopatra Marina is vast, and alongside are even more similar ones. Shearwater was here all winter, on the hard. Simon Trippier, of Sivota Yacht Services had done all the work we asked, and we slept on board, arriving on the first EasyJet flight of the season that is done in one leg. Unlike the Italian […]