Arrived at Madeira. Took the bus and just about got away from the tourists. We must outnumber the locals horribly. Impressive denists. Mary had her filling replaced less than 12 hours after loosing one! Off to Canaries tomorrow. Ewan and Jane will be with us on Lanzarote next week [...]

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Leixoes and a couple of days on Giselle, getting ready for the next bit. Chatted to a couple of guys from France on their way to Cape Verde islands and to the African mainland, in a 26 foot boat! If you want to practise your French then look at www.uneiledeuxportraits.over-blog.com which is their [...]

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Outside all countries 200 mile zone of territorial waters, but will soon be within 200 miles of Madeira. Current position 35.723,-13.524 with N force 3. We haven’t seen any fishing boats which is excellent but there is a surprising amount of cargo vessels. The AIS gives you their destination and I don’t think we have [...]

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Photos of Lisbon now in the gallery. Tuesday 14th October we plan to statr for Madeira. The windpilot will be doing the autopilot duties silently which will be good. May even be time to complete the story of Lisbon - Fado; Lisbonwalker and dried cod.

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Mary: An early start, and the forecast wind is nowhere to been seen, there is no wind. Motoring on out of Vigo area, though the fleet of fishing boats, clear of the world’s best beach. Well that’s how the beach at Illas Cies was described by the Guardian newspaper. Down the coast [...]

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David:  Thought I would get my version in first before Mary, with her normal whit, portrays me in a light unbecomming to the captain of Giselle!

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A few more photos from spain in the Rias Bajas folder and a new album started on Portugal.
Loving the comments on the wooden blocks - keep them coming.
Mary’s story of leaving Spain and the tour of Porto will be on the web soon.

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