Heading South - Follow the bear

Despite our late night yesterday, Lisa had discovered we could reach Cuitadella, the old capital of Menorca by bus from the beach.

We took the dinghy ashore and having asked the gentleman renting out kayaks where we could find the bus stop felt comfortable that the dinghy would be safe with him keeping an eye on it.

On reaching the bus stop in the middle of a dusty car park, we noticed they stated the buses were only minibuses and would sometimes need to be booked, however, another gentleman arrived who was clearly in charge of the parking so we inquired of him whether this would be a problem and he said possibly in August but gently laughed as to why we would need to book now.

When the bus arrived, we could see why as it was a normal sized coach style bus and we were the only two people going into Cuitadella it was like having our own private taxi.

The very narrow road was controlled to enable the bus to drive through unimpeded as there were no passing places. A great winding bus ride with a very friendly driver with a plethora of smiles.

Cuitadella is a very compact city sited around the harbour with old army barracks and parade squares. We treated ourselves to local Menorcan pies (Formatjades) filled with Pollo (Chicken) and two large Ensaimadas. I tasted the samples of local cheeses and meats on offer at the counter to provide a three course lunch!

It only took us an hour or so to walk round and then it was back on the bus, by now very busy bus with 6 passengers this time including us and the same bus driver!

On the return journey, we saw sea eagles soaring over the coast which was a real delight.

When we arrived back to Symphony, we had to politely ask another yacht to move as they were anchored with only a dinghy's width between them and us.

We are now in holiday season and the anchorages are going to be getting even busier.