Anyway, I have been digressing because one other significant even in 1954 was the fact that it was the year that Bill Tillman, post war sailor, mountaineer and adventurer, acquired his most famous boat Mischief. Tillman served behind enemy lines during the Second World War and was from that British line of highly decorated ex army stiff upper lip adventurers that included the likes of Blondie Hasler (its worth Googling Blondie just to see the granite chin and handlebar moustache).  Mischief was a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter that took Tillman around the arctic and antarctic oceans in search of new mountains to climb. A few years ago  John Raymond-Barker built a replica Mischief at the Underfall yard in Bristol, followed by Morwenna on the same lines, the building of which Annie and I followed when we were thinking a pilot cutter would provide the appropriate whiff of tar to be following in the footsteps of Cook. As I emerged into the the sunlight the day before yesterday and looked over the gunwhale there was Mischief on an adjoining pontoon! 

So, now we must head into Lisboa for some more site seeing and to pick up the replacement Hydrovane drive unit.

While I think about it, the cargo on the three ships unloading in Caraminel was tuna (and not aggregates which was the only feeble response received). If you are in any doubt that we are hoovering out the oceans of their fish at a scarily alarming rate after seeing this and the chart plots of the fishing fleets we have come across I will post some pictures of what was in the fish counter at the supermarket in Cascais as part of my next entry…………...