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Alhambra
We have just returned from two days in Granada. The Alhambra palace was breathtakingly beautiful. It is hard to describe the extent and splendour of the palace, its grounds and gardens. We stayed at the Parador San Francisco next to … Continue reading
Cadiz on a special day
We awoke to a hazy sky and temperatures in the mid 20s. A lazy morning spent having breakfast and opening presents before catching the ferry over to Cadiz. Cadiz is a beautiful city and apparently the second oldest inhabited city … Continue reading
Ready for royalty
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 … Continue reading
Rota, Cadiz Bay
We have made it to Cadiz Bay today where we are spending the next week celebrating Liz’s 50th. Her Mum and Dad are due in tomorrow so we will pick them up from the airport in the evening. We left … Continue reading
Adios Portugal, Hola Espana!
We awoke to a beautiful peaceful scene on the Rio Guadiana. The river is over 20 miles long and quite wide but the channel is narrow in places so care is required to ensure there is plenty of water under … Continue reading
Rio Guadiana
We are now at the eastern most part of Portugal on the Rio Guadiana. One side of the river is Portuguese, the other Spanish. We are anchored on the Portuguese side but only by 100m or so! It is the … Continue reading
Blowy Faro
Leaving Portimao this morning, we had a gentle sail in 30 degrees towards Faro where we intended to anchor in one of the lagoons just inside the breakwater. It is very flat here and a bit exposed so we have … Continue reading
Portimao
Yesterday was a day for chores. Food shopping for the next 5 days as we will be at anchor, laundry and fitting the new split charge diode that we bought in Lisbon. We also went into Lagos (pronounced Lagosh) later … Continue reading
Arrived on the Algarve
Early start today as we has a 80nm trip round to Lagos on the Algarve. Not helped by the fact that Sines was holding a World Music Festival with bars and stalls in the town last night. We had to … Continue reading
Nimrod Oceanlord 