Thunder clouds were brewing out at sea all day

Saturday 26th October
With the welcome return of the sun ww left Albufeira for a short trip to Portimao. There wasn't enough wind to sail but we did put the main up to give it a dry after the rain of the last few days and to conteract the swell.

This was our first trip for a long time heading into swell and my stomach wasn't too happy. At least it was a short trip and we were close inshore so I could distract myself a bit with looking at the scenery and playing 'guess which is Cliff's villa'.

It was also interesting watching the thunder clouds brewing out to sea. 3 or 4 were bubbling up along a thermal line, luckily heading east rather than north.

Only 5 boats in the anchorage at Portimao, maybe the swell had put most others off. We decided to slog it out and as the evening went on it began to die down.