Hey, fate has determined that house sale or no, I am off to Ecuador to climb volcanoes and explore the Galapapos. Really? Yes, we fly out tomorrow!
Ive just finished a 3 week sailing trip exploring New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf, Northern Coast and Great Barrier Island on a Dufour405. Fantastic! We incorporated quite alot of walking to keep hiking fi, such as Rangitoto crater summit walk (twice), Gt Barrier's Mt Hobson, and other forest hikes. And along with plenty of SUP activity, dawn skinny-dipping and regular swimming I found it very practical to maintain a good level of fitness while sailing for extended periods.
(Of course the energy exerted in procuring snapper fillets for dinner helped as well, esp. when you go so far from the yacht that you run out of fuel on the return journey and end up rowing against the current to get home!?!)

So watch this space -I'll be uploading stories of Amazon kayaking, Galapagos diving, and attempts on three of the highest volcanoes of South America over the next 10 weeks.