We are two ex-pat Canadian/European artist- designer-sailors who washed up on these shores some years ago and liked it so much that we decided to stay.

We are on the island of Faial in the Azores. The nine islands of the Azores form an Autonomous Region of Portugal. They have been settled for over five hundred years (Columbus stopped here for supplies on his return from his first voyage to the Americas). Our island, Faial, has long been a favourite with visitors as it had the closest thing to a natural harbour in the islands. In the nineteenth century American whaling ships stopped here to pick up experienced crews. Yachtsmen have been stopping off here for over a hundred years as they voyage across the Atlantic. Cable companies built relay stations here, and the mansions they built for their supervisors remain. Pioneer aviators stopped here too as they ventured across the ocean and Pan-Am Airways established a re-fuelling base here for their Atlantic Clippers. On the left of this page you will find links to more information about life in the Azores, art by Roly and Iris, the voyages of the catamaran Oborea which first brought us to these islands and much, much more. These pages will be up-dated and improved from time to time and we will make note of any changes on this page, so check back

20/04/2020 Avro Avian added to aeroplane projects 15/05/2019 Picture added to Iris’s Art 13/05/2019 Property for Sale page updated 14/05/2018 ABCRobin added to aeroplane projects 14/05/2018 Guest Cottage photographs updated

13/12/2020 ‘Guesthouse’ and ‘Property for Sale’ pages removed