I am very flattered by all the comments, however I am but a hack compared to the likes of Seat2a (his reports are nothing short of outstanding). And Macabus' 8 bottles is still one of my all time favourites.

matthandy's photography and words are simply amazing and olafman's family holiday demonstrated great courage and was a joy to read.

As far as travelling companions, Moomba and SFO777 are on the top of my list - I just know they would be great fun to set sail with. They write superbly...

And bingbongboy (a regular over on the BA board) took out this years honours and jointly won the BA Trip Report for 2011 (with matthandy). He did a fantastic job.