Today has been a day of preparation as we are to have a royal visit – otherwise known as Liz’s mum and dad. We have scrubbed the boat inside and out, erected the bimini and shopped for hours. Well, to be fair, the reason the shopping took forever was because we decided to go to Carrefour which is about a 30 minute walk each way and of course, completely laden on the way home. Not helped by the fact that it is over 30 degrees here today and scheduled to be all week.

Rota itself is a nice town with a medieval quarter full of tapas bars and restaurants. Most of which look pretty good and we will be testing them tomorrow night in celebration of Liz’s birthday. It also has a beach which is immaculately clean with showers and lifeguards.