Biscay & Spain

Gijon

Port Crouesty to GijonCourse: 209ºTDistance: 280 nMTime taken: 56 hours

Au revoir to France

100 miles from anywhere…

goosewinging at 5.5 knots, Dire Straits

on the stereo and French shepherd’s pie

for dinner

Culture shock in Gijon

Ribadeo 11-12 Aug

Viveiro 13-14 AugLa Coruña

15-19 Aug

Corme 20 Aug

Camarinas 21-23 Aug

Muros & Portosin 24-27 Aug

Ria de Arosa 28 Aug – 7 Sept

Santiago 31 Aug/1 Sept

Baiona 8-9 Sept

Galicia & the Rias

Ribadeo

La Coruña

View from the Torre de Hercules (wind F6)

Note scale: this is two people

Corme, dawn. All the southern rias are full of fish farms

Cabo Finisterre

Flying the cruising chute for the first time

Ben at the masthead

Ria de Muros from above Portosin

Our firstmackerel

…yum yum

Santiago de Compostela

Back in Vilagarcia – Ben & Donnacha

Khepri – home to Declan, Debbie, Saoirse and Donnacha

At last….

Fog…

Baiona – now you se it…

… now you don’t

Portugal

Viana do Castelo 10-11 Sept

Baiona 8-9 Sept

Leixoes 12-14 Sept

Cascais 16-23 Sept

Sines 24-25 Sept

Lagos 26 Sept

Viana do Castelo

Porto in the rain

Cascais – warmth at last

Meanwhile the swell from Hurricane Gordon reached Cascais. The harbour wall is about 30 ft high

Yacht to show scale

A bumpy ride past Cabo Sao Vicente…

…to the smoother waters of the Algarve

Lagos 26-29 Sept

Alvor 30 Sept Albufeira

1 Oct

Vilamoura2-3 & 5-6 Oct Faro

4 Oct

Portimao6-8 Oct

Lagos9 Oct onwards

Lagos

"What do you think - should we stay here for the winter, or press on for another 200 miles up a boring muddy river to a place where we don't know if we have a berth?"

Into the Med…