09/06/2010, Portugal
A lovely sunset in Portimao.. First day of the boys holiday..
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09/04/2010, Isla De Culatra
This is a great picture of all the Fishing boats in the Harbour..
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09/03/2010, Portugal
This is a new favourite spot, Its a small little island South East of Faro with only around 3000 residents, No roads, so no cars, Just tractors going up and down the beach with stock for the local restuarants and supermarkets..In the bars you can buy Sagres, the local Portuguese Beer for 80 euro cents.. There is a great walkway up to the beach, which was spent getting hammered by the waves we really enjoyed it !
We caught up and had another BBQ with the guys off Yacht Maximum and James new best mate Liam and last night were invited onto Yacht Alexina for some Quince tart, the fruit was picked from the River Guadiana (very yummy) , We only picked some Pomegrante which i havent tucked into yet because they aren't ripe and ready.
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09/01/2010, Portugal
Cheers !
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09/01/2010, Spain / Portugal
We are having such a great time on the River, I dont think we want to leave !
We were supporting pretty good hangovers yesterday, as we were invitied on Jeanette and Jacks boat called Maximum for a BBQ, an English Couple who live in Portugal and are on a sailing holiday with their Grandson Liam (who has taken a fond liking to James). They crossed the Atlantic 10 years ago and were giving us some great tips on what to do and were to go in the Caribbean.. Liam has just come over to show us pictures of Terrapins (Turtles) that they saw up river last night !
We took our rib up the river a few days ago and went bird watching, We were lucky enough to see kingfishers, a golden oriole which are quite rare and azure winged magpies ..
We are probably going to stay two more days on the river before leaving to go to Vilamoura where we will meet Darren and Gary on Sunday !
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08/31/2010, Coba Libre
Cornish Hash
This is my version of Corned Beef Hash, doesn't look that great when photographed but tastes exceptional ! Great Boat Food and great for when you have nothing else in the cupboards...
1 x Tin of Corned Beef
1 x Tin of Potato
Squirt of Tomato Ketchup
Squirt of HP Sauce
Splash Worcestishire Sauce
1 x Onion
Chop Onions and potato and fry in some olive oil until turning brown, then add your corned beef and sauces, you need to get some crispy bits going then its done ! Serve with some delicous Baked Beans or Poached Egg on top ............ Trust me it works........
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08/29/2010, Portugal
Coba Libre along side the pontoon, You can see Spain its just the little town on the other side of the River..
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08/28/2010, Portugal
We left Mazagon at 10 am yesterday morning with a good breeze we Sailed our way to the entrance of the River, Rio Guidana. We had to time it when the tide was flooding at 3pm, We had 2 knots of tide for most of the 15 mile journey.
There are several anchorages along the way but we decided to go to Alcoutim which is the Portuguese side of the river and it is beautiful.. On the other side of the river is Spain, Sanlucar de Guadiana, you can get a little ferry boat for 1 Euro, but just remember to put your watch back to Spanish time as it changes once in Portugal.
James is excited about the Bird Watching ( not the female type, the feathered ones! ), You can see kingfishers, red-rumped swallows , golden orioles and bee eaters, we have only seen Ducks so far..
We got borded by the Portuguese Police on the Big Black Rib yesterday with 13 Policeman/women on board, They did a search on our boat and checked our passports and made a few phone calls before letting us go, just for routine checks i suppose..
We will definately be staying for a few days to explore the little villages and just chilling out ..
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08/26/2010, Spain
This little guy was holding onto a piece of rope on the back of our boat ...
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Happy cruising!
Terry & Emma
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08/26/2010, Spain
We have been sailing up the coast the last couple of days, Puerto Sherry for 3 nights on Anchor, James started the massive job on the decks, only the toe rails though but its a start. We were invited over for drinks on Alexina (Helen, Tiger and Peter's boat) who we have been bumping into since Minorca they are a young family who have been on the seas for 20 years..
We left Puerto Sherry two days ago for Chipiona, again not much to report on Marina very basic no internet, decent showers and an O.k beach, a bit muddy but looked really nice when the tide went out.. We planned to go out for a Pizza with Terry & Emma and ended up walking around town for a while before deciding that its going to be alot cheaper to go to the Supermarket and buy a few bottles of Vino Tinto and Pizza's at 2 euros each, it ended up being a lovely evening and sooo much cheaper..
Tommorow we are heading up the River that divides Spain and Portugal and are going to spend 3 nights there before heading to Portugal to pick Darren and Gary up (James best mates who are crossing to Madiera with us )
This is a great picture of a wreck that was off the coast in Chipiona !
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