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Hugh, Anne and Hector's Sailing Adventures
Hi folks
Sorry it's been so long since the last scribble. We have been circumnavigating Majorca with Brian and lazing about in some lovely anchorages on the east coast.
It really is a beautiful island - especially when you get away from the really touristy bits and we are enjoying peace, calm, great weather etc. apart from the swell. The swell starts and stops at arbitrary times, sometimes lasting for days on end - causing sleepless and uncomfortable nights. Hector hates it too as he either slides about the floor or struggles to hold on to his sleeping berth. Its really quite wearing and not what we expected in the med (sailing in Greece isn't affected by the swell as it's a much more enclosed sea there, whereas here we are open to the Gulf of Lyon and to Africa). We are getting better at finding anchorages that are not too affected -
We have happened upon a few festivals in our travels - that have been great fun. One was a civic outdoor meal at Porto Petro that we accidentally gatecrashed and were treated to drinks, pudding and a live dance band. We were also treated to the county school band recital - which was great and some traditional Majorcan folk dancing
Hugh glossed over the small fact that he fell in while trying to board the dinghy. The funny thing was that we had spent the previous week persuading my mother that it was completely safe to get in the dinghy and that Hugh had never fallen in or lost a passenger....oops - luckily she never believed us and avoided getting in the dinghy.
We have now made quite a few bus trips into the interior of Majorca visiting towns like Pollenca, Alcudia, Soller and Felanitx. The towns are much less touristy than the coast, with really old buildings in their centres, mostly traffic free, and they are lovely to wander round. (I really enjoy getting any time at all on dry land away from the dreaded swell!)
The trip to Soller was particularly interesting as it is an old Victorian tram journey (the guide book says that the trams are originally from San Franciso and they do have an SF logo on them, but Hugh didn't believe they were from there). Anyway, the trip is great as it trundles through peoples back gardens through the hills and into Soller.
Our plan is to head for Menorca in the near future, but we are awaiting the return of the repaired Raymarine first - so that we know where we are going!
Anne
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