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Fishings pots of Portugal
Yet again we woke up to glorious sunshine. We had decided to try and make our way to Figueira da Foz some 75nm south as there was a forecast of high winds for tomorrow. In the event, we had light … Continue reading
Oporto – the home of port
We gained an hour as Portugal is the same as the UK so we awoke refreshed before 0800 local time. The temperature has suddenly rocketed here with 35 degrees in the shade and over 40 in the cockpit. We had … Continue reading
Portugal
Another glorious day with not a cloud in the sky. We left Baiona at 0830 having had a lovely meal yesterday evening at the yacht club and then a walk around the town. The town is medieval and behind the … Continue reading
Baiona
We awoke to beautiful sunshine and had a lazy morning before sailing over to Baiona (about ten miles away). It was a lovely, gentle sail downwind (wind behind us pushing us along). We have a place in the Real Nautica … Continue reading
Ria de Muros and Arosa
So we woke up about 8am after doing anchor watches through the night. Unnecessary but we feel better with one or two on the first night. Muros looked so nice that we decided to launch the dinghy to go and … Continue reading
Another milestone, another anchorage
It seems at the moment that the mornings are grey and overcast but by midday the sun has broken through and we are treated to a glorious afternoon and evening. As the electric anchor windlass is currently broken, we had … Continue reading
There’s always something…..
The day started fine although overcast and forecast of drizzle. Lovely. However, for once the forecast was wrong and within an hour or so the sun broke through to give us blue skies. We sailed out of A Coruna with … Continue reading
La Coruna
We awoke to drizzle and mist in Cedeira harbour but the anchor had held well and we were visited by yet more dolphins but alas it was too murky for photos. The wind was non existent so we motored the … Continue reading
The first thousand miles
We have now done over 1,000 nautical miles so we are more than two thirds the way to Gibraltar. It seems like only yesterday that we left Haslar Marina in Gosport for Cherbourg. We should have known that nothing would … Continue reading
Nimrod Oceanlord 