Position 37 04.38N 008 07.31W  Vilamoura Marina, Portugal.  Log reading 16079

We made it!  Yesterday, actually, we landed at Vilamoura having sighted the lighthouse off the Southwest corner of Portugal at 10pm.  The wind continued from the north on Monday night giving us good speed under a bright moon until midnight when someone turned the switch off, the wind died and flat calm followed.  Engine on, and with lots of diesel we had the choice of motoring 5 hours to Vilamoura or 30 hours to Gibraltar – difficult decision??  We opted for the easy one made even more tempting with the option of a flight back to Southampton later in the morning.

Quick clean up of the boat, well done Alastair for doing your favourite of cleaning the heads, pack up and jump on the plane in Faro still unwashed – somehow we were all sat together having been told there were only scattered seats – I think it was thought best to contain the pollution!  We arrived in Southampton to cries from the wives of ?joy at seeing us ?the smell ?horror at the facial hair or maybe it was just that it was all grey.

Home, sweet home and on to planning the next trip ……..