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
Wednesday July 29th. We have been here in A Coruna since last Thursday, rather longer than initially intended, but it’s a spacious and comfortable marina, A Coruna is an attractive, friendly city with lots to do and see, and we’ve had a few things to sort out with the boat. When we arrived there was
We are in A Coruña, Spain. After just over 3 days of sailing we have crossed the dreaded Bay of Biscay. We left Audierne in the rain, the town shrouded by mist, and set a course of 214 degrees, more or less straight into the wind. So of course we
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aber wrac'h
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boat l'aber wrac'h
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lighthouse l'aber wrac'h
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Hugh bike
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l,aber wrac'h
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View l'aber wrac'h
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field l'aber wrac'h
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annie hydrangeas
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hydrangea l'aber wrac'h
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sign l'aber wrac'h
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sunrise L'aber wrac'h
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boats Le Raz
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Marker buoys Le Raz
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Auderne
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boat Auderne
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shutters Auderne
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lobster Auderne
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window Auderne
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door Auderne
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house Auderne
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geranium Auderne
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house 2 Auderne
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church tower Auderne
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art Auderne
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church Auderne
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harbour front Auderne
Monday July 20th. Enough procrastination. I have found every reason so far to postpone our sail across Biscay. But we have been to the supermarket and boulangerie here in Audierne to stock up with more goodies and are finally setting off this morning. On Saturday we left L’Aber Wrac’h, up
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Leaving Padstow
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Hugh getting ready
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Padstow in the rain
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longships lighthouse - Lands End
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Plotter
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Container ship
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Boats L'Aber Wrac'h
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Petit Pot de Beurre
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Grand Pot de Beurre
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L'Aber Wrac'h
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Figurehead
At last. We are on the Continent. After three rainy days in Padstow which were mainly spent sleeping, eating and trying to understand some of the new equipment that we had bought for the trip, we finally set off on Wednesday morning. Up at 6am and Hugh was fretting that
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