Ihla da Berlenga
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sat 13 Oct 2007 23:42
A short trip today of 26 miles to Ihlas da Berlenga about 5 miles off the
coast of Peniche. We found an unattended mooring buoy in the bay of Carreiro
da Fortaleza close to the 17th Century fortress of Sao Joao Batista. The
dingy was used unsuccessfully to attack the fortress (the waves were a bit
big) so we landed at a nearby beach and found a small village although there
were only a handful of people there. The island is a big pile of pink
granite with a lighthouse on top and is a nature reserve. More exploring
tomorrow when light.