Always Another Horizon: A Journey Around the World

What was most amazing to me about this wonderful account was that someone like me actually took this trip. An ordinary couple who, without vast sailing experiences and with careers and strong family ties, decided to fulfill their dream. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Olton engages the reader from the beginning as she and her husband journey around the world in their sailboat. Her experiences and observations are written with a sensitivity and personal honesty that is refreshing and compelling. I truly did not want this book to end.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this very personal account of this epic adventure. Olton made it sound as if this was something that normal people were capable of doing if they were determined enough and did their homework well. I recommend readers plot the course with an open World Atlas as this makes the scale even more impressive. The amount of detail about each place was well balanced between mundane business and exotic cultural/geographical details. The strength of the family connections pulling them 'home' contrasting with their goals of seeing the 'world' was significant for those of us toying with the idea of selling up and following in their footsteps. An extaordinary achievment.

Fabulous account of travels near and far! You do not have to be a seaman to really enjoy this book - it is about traveling on the sea, but more importantly, what the author and her husband saw! If you have ever traveled, or just travel vicariously from the comfort of your home, you will enjoy the accounts of people and places so different from - and yet so very much alike - each of us. ENJOY!

One of the best first-person travel accounts we have ever read. The book chronicles an 8 year-long circumnavigation on a 40 foot sailboat, giving intimate, inspiring and exciting details of countries and cultures that you won't find in most travel books. Highly recommended.