Not much to report from Vilamoura, apart from the arrival of the entire Macdonalds community for their AGM at the Tivoli yesterday – the marina was throbbing into the early hours to the sounds of the ‘80s from the 19th Hole Bar and Grill. Is This the Way to Amarillo? Nope, not according to my GPS. And if they say they will walk 500 miles, why don’t they? No match though for our new Caframo cabin fans, which do a great job of both cooling and noise-reducing.

We've had a couple of day-trips, including going into the hills to Lule and Estoi. The picture is from the old palace at Estoi - now a hotel, which encourages visitors into the old palace and gardens. I liked the expression on the fish's face.

The spreadsheet has been working out our boat statistics to date, so here they are:

Days away: 73
Days sailing: 25
Distance covered: 1,508 miles
Hours under engine: 129.6
Fuel usage: 325 litres
Top recorded windspeed: 36.6 kts
Top boat speed: 9 kts
Teabags consumed: 375 (420 budgeted so yay!)

We are now planning a small weekend jaunt along the coast, and are also looking forward to the arrival of Steve and Bibi next week. Then, as soon as the weather looks promising, we will be heading over to the Canary Islands – a tad over 500 miles, with a budget of 84 teabags.