After an exciting sail back to Almerimar from Ibiza we are now putting Songline to bed for the winter. The winds are living up to the Mediterranean's reputation for unpredictability at this time of year with 50 knots across the deck twice in the last two days with about 15 minutes notice of a squall building up. At least the days are warm, still 25-30 degrees. There is a big live aboard community here so we are enjoying some socialising and the marina is well priced with diligent marineros taking care of the marina and boats so Songline should be safe for the winter.

The Pesce-Claughton family spent a week with us exploring Ibiza and Formentera. We enjoyed some excellent evenings at beach bars watching the sunset and loved having the family on board. Formentera was just beautiful!

The Pesce-Claughton family came on board in Barcelona and we headed down the coast to Sitges. This has been one of my favourite places to date... kind of funky Barcelona overlaid on Noosa. We were still swimming at the end of September!