20 June 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
19 June 2019 | Aktion, Greece
18 June 2019 | Vlycho, Lefkada.
17 June 2019 | Agia Efimia, Kefalonia, Greece
16 June 2019 | Kastos, Kastos Island, Greece
15 June 2019 | Taverna Spilia, Spartachori, Meganisi, Greece
14 June 2019 | Lefkas Canal, Lefkada, Greece
13 June 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece
12 June 2019 | Lakka, Paxos, Greece
11 June 2019 | Syvota, Greece Mainland
10 June 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
28 April 2019 | Petrino Garden, Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece
26 April 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
25 April 2019 | Gaios, Paxos, Greece
24 April 2019 | Vathi, Meganisi, Greece
23 April 2019 | Fiskardo, Kefalonia, Greece
22 April 2019 | Nidri, Lefkada, Greece
22 April 2019 | Lefkas Canal, Lefkada, Greece
22 April 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece
19 April 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece
Fog-bound in Nazare
21 July 2008 | Nazare
Graham
The Pilot Guide for the Portuguse coast indicates that it can often be very foggy along the coast until about 3 pm when it clears with a brisk wind. We were beginning to think that this advice may have been exaggerated somewhat and the 'severe' fog referred to did not really exist. How wrong could be have been! Over the past couple of days, we had noticed that it was quite misty in the evenings and mornings, but fairly clear by about 10 am. We got up this morning ready to depart at about 8-30 am for Peniche went up on deck and I was no longer sure whether we were even in the same marina! Visibility was less than 50 metres and a quick trip up to the marina office to pay up was followed by some good advice from the Harbourmaster along the lines of '...you are going where...?'. The local forecast for Martinho Do Porto f(about 5 miles down the coast) from Lisbon Radio was for visibility between 'zero and 50 metres'. This is a first for us, zero visibility. The Harbourmaster explained that what this means is that, in a small ship, you need your radar to tie up on the pontoon as you cannot see it! We stayed put for the day and walked into the town of Nazare where we explored fully all of the many winding back streets, headed up the local mountain in the Ascenceur (a type of funicular railway) which gave us a spectacular view of the beach and town in the 2 hours of reasonable visibility we had today. The town was buzzing with tourists and had more restaurants per square metre than I have ever seen in a town. A quick spot of lunch to sample the local sea food which was excellent, some more exploring, then a walk back to the boat for bangers and mash, again... Tomorrow's forecast looks much better and the plan is, again, to head towards Peniche, about 30 Nm south west of us. We'll see...hopefully!