Wednesday -27 June 2018

Well, we are thrilled to have learned that Germany are out of the World Cup! And I understand this will be the first time England have progressed further in the tournament than Germany since 1966. We are happy bunnies here on Equinox this evening.

The day started overcast again. The first half of the morning, Steve was working and I waded through the mountain of laundry. Mid morning we went off for our run and were intrigued to see lots of people wading in the shallows, while the tide was out, off the second beach. Being nosey, we ran down to get a closer look. They were mostly ladies, but a few men, collecting cockles. We arrived just as most of them were finishing their harvesting and were selling their catch to the fishmonger.

As in our daily routine for the past week, we called into the bakery on the way back. We’re loving the freshly baked artisan bread here.

After our simple lunch, we spent two hours cleaning the boat, Steve doing the fibreglass and I, the stainless steel. I find this very rewarding, making our pride and joy look her best.

We had planned to eat in town, but we were waiting for the electronics expert to come to look at the AIS, which is working properly, only giving us a range of about a mile, not enough to pick up vessels quickly enough in poor visibility. I struggle to get to the late eating time they have in Spain, so we put together a tasty fish supper and at 8.30pm the guy arrived. It didn’t take him long to diagnose the problem, which we had suspected. Hopefully he can get the necessary part to fix it while we are back in the UK.

A very productive day, all working towards getting everything in place while we break for our work commitments for the next month.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	731	nautical miles
Distance covered 2018	1451	nautical miles

Tricia (and Steve)