Archives for July 2004
Gibraltar
The next day, Saturday 3rd July, we woke up late and we could see at least half the rock, although the top half was submerged in cloud, which we could see was forming on the other side of the rock and being blown over it. We were not sure what to wear because the air [...]
Journey from Portimão to Gibraltar
The next day, Thursday 1st July, we decided to proceed along the coast. Although we had seen adverts for Aqualand and for a sand sculpture exhibition which we were interested in, we decided to leave those for now. We considered heading for Faro or Cadiz, but Faro itself is a long way up a creek [...]
Portimão
In the evening we left Lagos and sailed to Portimão, eight miles away at the other end of the bay. We had to switch to motor as the 18kt wind disappeared in an instant never to return. We anchored just inside the harbour among quite a number of other boats and had a reasonably quiet [...]