David and Sandra joined us Tuesday evening, arriving in torrential rain and high winds which persevered throughout the night and the following day.

Wednesday we had a wet wander around the town and the market and then dried out aboard Blue Magic before venturing out again in the evening to see what menu Eduardo had prepared for us at the Yacht Club. Eduardo doesn’t offer you a menu, he tells you what you want to eat and also which wine you must drink with it !

Thursday saw us on the metro again for another guided tour of Porto (we are getting quite professional at this) and this time Taylors was open to visitors so we sampled their port for a change. The tour was 50 mins instead of 10 mins at Croft, the same information but an English gentleman guide who liked the attention of an audience rather too much !

 A spectacular view of the rooftops from the veranda at Taylors

Lunch in Porto – finally the sun came out – hurray !