The last post, for a while anyway, as we are flying back to Bristol tomorrow for five weeks. I’m looking forward to seeing family and friends again. As for what we’ve been up to since the previous post….. Wednesday 23rd September to Monday 5th October We left Morocco just under
Thursday 17th to Wednesday 23rd September We arrived in Mohammedia in the early evening having been unable to enter the port at Rabat. As I said in my last post, we had to negotiate our way around Asphalt Summer leaving, so for those of you who are fans of large
Sunday 13th to Thursday 17th September From a distance Tanger (as Tangier is called here) looked like any other modern western city. We entered the old fishing port where, according to our pilot book, there was supposed to be a pontoon reserved for yachts. The pontoons were all crammed full
Sunday September 13th Apologies for the lack of recent blogging, from me anyway. I could blame the lack of WiFi [or wiffy as it’s known here], but mainly it’s just not quite getting round to it. Too much sailing, sightseeing and the general stuff of life. The last time I posted we were
Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th September We eventually left Cadiz at 10am. It was another glorious, still and sunny morning. By noon we were motor sailing through a glassy sea when dolphins appeared off our starboard bow, a group slowly approaching like slow motion synchronised swimmers, gently lifting themselves out
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Catedral
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Plaza de la Catedral
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Plaza
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view from Torre Tavira
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view from Torre Tavira 2
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view from Torre Tavira 3
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view Cadiz 4
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Street Cadiz
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Alameda
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Ficus tree
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Fountain Alameda
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Mirador de la Bahia
Sunday 6th to Monday 7th September We have been feeling more like tourists than intrepid nautical adventurers. Not that I’m complaining; I have enjoyed the mostly relaxing sailing in gentle winds and I am happy to get good weather and in particular reliable wind forecasts so that we can avoid
Thursday 3rd to Saturday 5th September After a couple of days on Isla de Culatra we had another gentle, relaxing 30 mile sail along the southern Algarve coast to the Rio de Guadiana, the river that defines the Portuguese Spanish border in the south. It is tidal and deep enough that
Sunday 30th August to Wednesday 2nd September Leaving Lagos late Sunday morning we only got as far as Portimao, a resort some seven miles along the coast, as there was so little wind and Hugh has an aversion to motoring unless absolutely necessary. So we just drifted along at 2
…. by whom I mean, of course, Henry the Navigator (1394 – 1460). As we entered Lisbon, sailing up the River Tagus, on the north bank there is the ‘Padrão dos Descobrimentos’, Monument to the Discoveries, showing Henry standing on the prow of a ship. In his hand is
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.
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