Monday - 13 August 2018

Sines (pronounced Cinch) strikes us as being fairly affluent, but it is not a holiday town, being flanked by heavy petrochemical industry. After a late start we ran along the promenade, along side the immaculate beach, which is cleaned daily. The route meant going past some of the industrial area, but, once past that, we were on a path out of town beside fabulous coast rocks and empty beach. On the way back we diverted into town to buy fish and vegetables from the indoor municipal market. The two ladies on the fruit and veg stall were delightful, entering into the spirit of our attempts at Portuguese, accompanied by pointing.

After lunch, back at the boat, we relaxed for a while before giving Equinox a wash. She was covered in black dust from our stay in Cascais. We can only speculate that this may have come from the forest fires that we understand have occurred in this part of the world.

I have no idea what sort of fish we bought, but it was delicious, simply cooked in just olive oil and lemon juice.

Route planning ended the day, ready for an early start tomorrow.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	1141	nautical miles
Distance covered 2018	1861	nautical miles
Tricia (and Steve)