Sunday 23rd to Sunday 30th August 2015 My last post was from Cascais, just outside Lisbon. We are now 130 miles further south in Lagos on the Algarve, Portugal’s southern coast. This part of Spain was occupied by the Moors from nearby North Africa from the 8th to 12th centuries.
Month: August 2015
Total 7 Posts
Thursday 13th to Friday 21st August We are in Cascais marina, just outside Lisbon. We had been dawdling down the Rias, taking our time and not really thinking too much about just how far we still have to go to get to the Canaries by the end of September. But
Baiona, Spain. Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August. We had been advised that ‘churros and chocolate are a bedrock of Spanish culture as much as the croissant and coffee in France’, and that ‘if you get the taste it is a life enhancing event’. Having not managed to try them
Friday 7th to Thursday 13th August. My last post ended over a week ago arriving one evening in a pretty bay off Isla de Arousa where, welcomed by dolphins, we dropped anchor, opened a bottle of Albariño and cooked supper. Bliss. We looked forward to a walk around the
I think that I finally understand the joy of sailing. It might not be love yet but after a wonderful day’s sail in the sunshine, with 20 to 25 knots of wind, the sails filling and the boat pulling through the water, spray rising from the bow, and my taking
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Fishing boats A Coruna
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Fishing boat A Coruna
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Fishing boat & Tower A Coruna
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Sailing Costa del Morte
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Hugh fixing fanbelt
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Harbour Camarinas
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Beach Camarinas
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Beach Camarinas
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Chapel Camarinas
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Cabo Vilan & wind farm
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Hugh cycling Camarinas
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Lace making Camarinas
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Supper Camarinas
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Marina Muxia
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Empty marina Muxia
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Rounding Cape Finisterre
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Lighthouse Cape Finistere
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Pisces at anchor Sardineiro
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Passing Fisterre
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Fisterre & chicken
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Town Hall Muros
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House Muros
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USA boat
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Fishermen Muros
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Fishermen Muros
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Strange fin Muros
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Viveros
Wednesday 29th July to Wednesday 5th August. We are now in the Rías. When asked what a Ria is, Hugh’s answer was that anyone who has done O’level geography should know this. So for those of us who don’t, a Ria is a long narrow inlet of the sea coast, formed
Some video, I hope, of a pod of dolphins who came for a brief visit as we were crossing the Bay of Biscay on 21st July. We haven’t seen any dolphins since then. A sunfish and lots of grey mullet, but no dolphins. The WiFi connection here is very slow and I haven’t been able
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