We were dying to get out of Vilamoura by this point – or, as some graffiti we saw told us: ‘Vile-moura, Hellgarve’ – that we took a punt on the weather not looking too bad (despite some more rain), and … Continue reading 14. Well hello, Andalusia!
Following Fairleadgate, everything else went smoothly in Nazarè. We had some good long walks up to Sitio (right on top of the hill). We even eschewed the funicular (more due to Bella not being allowed on it than us being … Continue reading 13. The Sunny Algarve… Kind of…
On Wednesday 14th October, everything still looked good weather-wise and we got underway towards Nazaré! The wind was mixed – not much of it, but from all kinds of directions for the first few hours, along with a bit of … Continue reading 12. Nightmare in Nazaré…
Our first anchorage at Muros lay on the Costa da Morte – The Coast of Death! – foreboding enough for a decent headline we feel, even if it is slightly melodramatic for anything experienced while there…. We ended up spending … Continue reading 11. The Coast of Death and Beyond!
After our trip across Biscay which, to be quite honest, has taken to being discussed in hallowed tones as if we’d walked away from a near-death experience, rather than had a bit of a rough crossing in some pretty notorious … Continue reading 10. La Coruña to our First Anchorage (Muros)
On the basis we thought you may be bored of reading our posts, we have someone else’s account of the Bay of Biscay for you to read. Duncan Sinclair was a great friend of our neighbours, Rod & Breeda on … Continue reading 9. Another View of the Bay…
The big day is here! 25th September 2015 – our departure day for our crossing across the Bay of Biscay. This is one of those notorious maritime areas that people always go on about, and we had heard horrific stories … Continue reading 8. The Bay of Biscay!
The Shakedown/ Animal-Taming Sail A week or two before departure, we realised that a) Bella hadn’t experienced sailing b) Walter was still traumatised from Dieppe and c) we had had quite a few things done since our last sail a … Continue reading 7. The UK Leg! (Brighton to Falmouth)
So, we finally departed Brighton in the morning of Sunday 13th September! It was a long journey to get here, metaphorically rather than geographically at this stage, and there are still a few things that are going to be sorted … Continue reading 6. So long, and thanks for all the fish….?
Say hi to Bella! She’s the new crew member. Her and Walter seem to be getting on swimmingly so far! Continue reading 5. Welcome our new crew member
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