The rest of the time in Praia de Rocha was spent waiting for Jerry (who is making the new sprayhood and bimini) and giving him a hand in his workshop. He tore his Achilles tendon and has also been back to GB for surgery. He is managing to get about but shouldn’t really be stressing it too much!
Kerry and John are back from GB and are thinking of the Guardiana so invited us on a reccy ride. Rather a long drive along the coast to Vila Real de Santo Antonio (coffee stop) and then up to Alcoutim and further to Mertola where we crossed the river . We stopped for chocolate at the Reservoir and took a picture of the ‘Barragem’ which has been opened to let all the surface water through. Needless to say the whole of the Guadiana is in full flood. Up maybe 2 metres on its summer height, it will need to drop a bit before we tackle it. Last stop at the port of Ayamonte in Spain.
Next day we were travelling with Anton & Denise again this time to look at the western end of the Algarve , lunch at Luz then onto Cabo de São Vincinte which we last visited on holiday back in the ’90s - it now has a tourist trail out to the Light-house.
The new Spray hood Bimini and awning was finally completed on Friday 12th March so we sailed for Vilamoura on the Saturday. We have told Jerry that we will be back to pick up the sail cover in April.
Why Vilamoura I hear you ask ? Well Anton & Denise were back again and it was a pleasant change of Marina. The sail round was excellent - all I ever wanted ! We arrived about 5.30 and were invited around to the Sigwarts for dinner - delicious and soo satisfying after a long days sail.
Monday we visited Evora - another walled city but with very few tourists. Lots of narrow streets and oozing history.-plenty of pictures on Picasa. Also made a detour on the way home up to Evora Monte for another castle but as usual closed on Mondays . However, the panoramic views from the tiny village perched at the top were still spectacular.
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