Tuesday - 7 August 2018

We had a much needed lie-in, then walked into the centre of Cascais in search of fish. It turned out the fish market does not sell retail, but, having had a great walk around the town, we found a Jumbo supermarket, with a superb fish counter. We chose some Trout and asked the lady to not only clean it, but also fillet it. She asked her colleague. She was sure she must have misunderstood, but he confirmed this was what we wanted. Fillets are much easier to cook on the boat, but the fish sellers think we are crazy to not want the fish whole. Maybe now we can buy Calor Gas easily, I should cook it whole in the oven.

When we arrived back at the boat, we spied a lady neighbour doing her washing, in a small twin tub type washing machine. We asked the friendly Belgian couple about it and they insisted that we should borrow it and try it, so we did two loads of the quick dry clothes. Having looked it up online, I think there’s a good chance we will buy one: it is small enough to be easily stored and suitable for small light loads. We will still have to use the marina laundrettes for sheets, towels etc, but recon this machine will pay for itself in 7 - 8 uses. The problem now will be to try to figure out where we will be for long enough to get one delivered.

The washing took up quite a bit of the afternoon and, otherwise, we happy to enjoy just sitting on deck in the sun, relaxing. We invited the Belgian couple over for a happy hour drink and enjoyed comparing sailing stuff with them, then we were able to have dinner on deck and savour the warm evening.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	1083	nautical miles
Distance covered 2018	1803	nautical miles
Tricia (and Steve)