June was full of north easterly breezes which would’ve taken us across Biscay easily. By the time we got to Salcombe the winds began blowing from the south west and got stronger. Every time we looked at the computer models, Biscay looked dodgy, & that is a place you don’t want to get caught out in.
So we’ve been in Salcombe enjoying the beautiful area making the most of the lovely walks for Nala along with socialising….. a lot. Visits from our “honorary” daughter Bethany & “honorary” granddaughter Harper, cousins Lee & Julie who sailed down from Beaulieu (24 hours well done guys) & my brother Steve & his wife Becky, has kept us busy.
We also got back in touch with a lovely local gentleman called Peter who we met last year, so he took us out in his RiB for a blast… Nala as usual just slept only waking up for a photo opportunity!
Caroline and I also celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary last week & some of you will realise this is a “coral” anniversary. Now buying anything for Caroline is problematic in that within reason if she wants anything she buys it. Time to think outside of the box! Every time I took Nala ashore for a walk I began collecting sea shells and then made a necklace ….. well it was kind of coral in that it came from the sea. Presentation went ummm as planned & I’m still here to talk about it 😂😂
Jeremy on Right Turn has been with us, for the last few weeks along with his partner Julie, he’s now in Plymouth patiently waiting for weather too.
So finally there seems to be a window of opportunity to cross Biscay and head to À Coruna in Spain. We are leaving Wednesday lunchtime & Jeremy is leaving from Plymouth at the same time too. We’ll converge before the shipping lanes off NW France and sail in company as much as possible, staying in contact through the SSB radios as VHF radio might not have enough range. We may even end up motoring a fair bit, but we could be waiting weeks for another chance. Biscay can throw all sorts of weather and it’s reputation is legendary, so we’ll take no wind any day!
Those of you that want to track us, we’ve switched on the satellite tracker and you can see us by clicking on this link which is updated every 4 hours.
We should arrive in Spain Saturday afternoon having sailed about 500 miles, where we’ll begin practicing our Spanish again, find a tapas bar and visit the rias!
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