A long story but we were originally due to fly to the Virgin Islands to join friends on a sailing trip. Unfortunately that didn’t happen and, instead, we ended up meeting them in the Croatian port of Split. I am not a water person at all — and had zero interest in being stuck on a yacht for a week with three other couples whilst coping with seasickness —  but, being a good sport, that is where I found myself. The good news was the weather Gods were on my side and, by trip’s end, I might even have been heard mumbling that I wouldn’t mind doing something similar again…