Archives for June 2004
Lagos
The cliff coast was beautiful, and when we finally got around the corner of Pta. de Piedade to go into Lagos, we were stunned by the amazing rock formations and islets to the west of the approach. We anchored off the long beach to the east of the harbour entrance, in an offshore wind that […]
Journey from Cascais to Southern Portugal
We set off at about 9p.m. and very shortly got into a large area of fog, this lasted for several hours into early morning. Nigel did the night shift as he had a bad cough and didn’t think he would sleep anyway.
In the morning of 24th June Elaine took over for a while as Nigel […]
Cascais (last time, promise)
The next day, 23rd June, we planned finally to leave Cascais, so we tidied up the boat in preparation for going to sea, then we went to the supermarket to stock up on various items. Lastly we had to say goodbye to our friends at the beach, which was very hard as they are lovely […]
Lisbon (again)
Wednesday 22nd June we returned to the boat before setting off for Lisbon, where we were to meet Eduardo Jorge, from Beltrao Coelho, one of the companies I used to correspond with when I was working at NRG International. We went for lunch at an excellent restaurant nearby, although I think Daniel was a little […]
Cascais (continued again)
17th June Nigel installed the solar panel and we were very impressed by the difference it made to the batteries. Although the power is vastly less than that possible using the wind generator, the wind generator only works typically for a few hours a week as mostly there is not enough wind. However sunshine is […]
Daytrip Lisbon
16th June went to Lisbon/Lisboa (pronounced Lzhboa) on the train - only 12 days after we had arrived at Cascais! Firstly we went to a chandlery we had been told about at Belem (pronounced Beleng), as eventually Nigel had given in and was looking for a solar panel! After some long debate with one staff […]
Cascais (continued)
10th June was a cheap day during which we did some jobs on the boat, followed by haircuts! I am used to doing Dan’s and Nigel’s hair with the electric clippers, then Nigel tried to do my hair. It was his first ever haircut but he thought he could do it, the worst that could […]
Daytrip to Sintra
The journey to Sintra took 45 minutes over rough mountain roads, and the bus did part of the journey twice as it tried to visit several villages on the way! Dan fell asleep but the bus was so bumpy that he fell asleep with his head over the front of the seat, and his arm […]
Cascais
5th June in Cascais (pronounced Cashcysh)
Cascais is a suburb of Lisbon and has the best beach in the area. It is also the only anchorage to the west of Lisbon.
We tidied up and went to the beach at lunchtime, as we had promised it to Dan. We quickly made friends with a girl Jacqueline (Jack) […]
Journey from Leixoes to Cascais
3rd June we left Leixoes at midday bound for Lisbon. Unfortunately very little wind and a lot of fog, three cheers for the radar and Mr Perkins the engine, and not forgetting George the wheel-pilot and little George (George II) the tiller pilot. For the final day of this 30 hour journey we had company […]