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12 Sept – A week in the Algarve

By Richard. Posted on September 12th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  37:06.6N  008:31.4W We stayed at anchor at Alvor until the Spring tides meant that low tide was a bit too low for us.  We moved a few m...
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3 Sept – Caves, dolphins and lead lines

By Richard. Posted on September 4th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  37:07.5N  08:37.2W Lagos Marina Lagos is a perfectly serviceable marina, with a good supermarket a stone’s throw from the berth, a...
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27 Aug – pushing south

By Richard. Posted on August 28th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  37:06.6N 008:40.55W We left Cascais early on Thursday morning, joining a procession of yachts who had probably read the same weath...
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24 Aug – At Cascais

By Richard. Posted on August 27th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
38:41.83N  9:24.9W On Wednesday we returned the hire car, embarked essential supplies from a local supermarket, took coffee and delicious...
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23 Aug – Palaces and promontories

By Richard. Posted on August 27th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  38:41.83N  9:24.9W We were joined on our day trip to Sintra by our new Kiwi friend, David Williams.  He had said goodbye to some p...
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Fw: 21 Aug – Discovering Lisbon

By Richard. Posted on August 23rd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  38:40.6N 009:19W We sailed from Leixoes on 17 August, bound for Lisbon.  The weather was kind to us initially and for the first 18...
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15 Aug – Learning, beach holidays and great sardines

By Richard. Posted on August 21st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  Day 2 of the Northern Portugal Pedal Car Rally saw us complete a circuit in the Douro region before heading south to the ancient u...
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14 Aug 2017 – a Douro Day

By Richard. Posted on August 18th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
  You can’t spend an afternoon at a Port Lodge without developing an itch to see the fabled Douro River.  So we took advantage of th...
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13 Aug 2017 – Shiny tiles and cobbled streets V5

By Richard. Posted on August 17th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
41:11.2N 008:42.35W   The wind blew on Thursday too, so nobody left the marina at Leixoes and we went ashore in the rubber boat to d...
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9 Aug – Leixoes Laundry Blues

By Richard. Posted on August 13th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.
41:11.08N  008:42:4W Tuesday 8 August marks the day we left Spain and entered Portugal.  Rich Maltby departed first thing to fly back hom...
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7 August: Farewell to you, Spanish Rias…

By Richard. Posted on August 9th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.
42:07.2N  008:50.5W It’s a short trip across the Ria de Baiona to the port where news of the New World first reached the rest of civilisa...
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6 Aug – of islands, the Romans, bling and bliss

By Richard. Posted on August 6th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.
42:08.75N  008:50.03W I am writing this on a perfect Sunday evening: glass of chilled Albarino white wine to hand, clear blue skies, calm...
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