Happy Birthday
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Fri 8 Jun 2012 15:45
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Friday 8 June 2012
37:00.00N 07:50.303W
We got up late on my birthday and after breakfast
decided to take the dinghy ashore to Isla Culatra. It's a quirky place
much given over to the fishermen. The harbour is full of fishing nets and
smells accordingly. It's a bit of a one horse island without the horse and
the main mode of transport appears to be the odd tractor although most people
walk the short distances.
We were surprised to find several cafe's and bars
and two 'supermarkets'. They are not exactly your full on Tesco or
Waitrose but much better than we expected to find here.
Here is the main street:-
 Note the dead tractor.
The main junction:-
 View out to the anchorage, showing a very
attractive yacht in the middle of the picture:-
 And the beach by the harbour:-
 Definitely a fishing port!
We had lunch ashore of grilled sardines (inevitable
in Portugal) in a basic but nice restaurant then back to the boat. Andrea
and Helen each telephoned in the afternoon and it was good to catch up with what
they are doing.
The wind picked up quite strongly in the late
afternoon so we aborted our planned trip ashore for dinner as the wind over tide
was producing a nasty chop which would have given us both saltwater
baths. Dinner on board was lovely and Lin
rattled off an orange cake for my birthday whilst I was in the shower - as she
does:-
 There are 5 candles there (I know, I know, fire
brigade etc).
A little bit puffed:-
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