BACK ON BOARD

After a week in Malta catching up with admin, and two weekends in the UK catching up with family and friends, we’re back on board ALMA in Lagos (Sunday 4th July). It’s now very hot here – up to 37 degrees yesterday so we’ve been out to buy some fans and covers for the hatches! Hope to get out sailing tomorrow and hopefully there will be a breeze to keep us cool. Glad we fitted the bimini – it would be just too hot to sail without it.

We plan to cruise along the Algarve/SW Spain coast to Cadiz visiting Villamoura, Ayamonte (on the River Gaudiana which forms the Portuguese/Spanish border), El Rompido and Mazagon before returning to Lagos by 19th July where we’ll leave the boat again while we spend a few weeks in Les Carroz.

We feel very relaxed this time on the boat as now we don’t have any timetable – so we’ll just cruise along slowly and see how it goes.

Hope you’re enjoying great weather and having a lovely summer.

All the best
Helen and Iain