There is a certain arrogance in Brits in that we expect all foreigners to speak English and that's not always the case. This has led to the odd misunderstanding, especially when provisioning. On an earlier trip Henry Faire purchased what he thought was a nice leg of lamb so was a little confounded when he found it was a whole rabbit. This trip, Chris was thrown for a loop when the minced beef he bought for his cottage pie turned out to be pork. Abandoned at the bottom of the fridge, yesterday's chef du jour used it to whip up a pig pie and quite tasty it was too.

The wind filled in at dawn and we're now running with Code 4 (FKA the Big Z). This wind should hold for most of today and then light winds are projected until at least Gibraltar. We could possibly eke out fuel we have but we're planning to top up fuel tanks at Marina Alcadesa so that when we motor, we can motor at speed. Forecast up the Mediterranean coast is for very light overnight and morning winds with a sea breeze in the afternoons.

ETA Gibraltar is tomorrow (Tuesday) mid-morning and Alicante daytime Thursday.