30th June - Mahon

Sealion
Richard Martin
Tue 30 Jun 2009 16:16
We got ourselves on a floating pontoon run by the port authorities (which has electricity & water ). Not too expensive and actually gives one lovely views of the town and harbour - Alison reckoned it was quite romantic last night. It is also an easy run in to the town quay by tender.
 
We tried the town quay first and apart from being noisy it was twice the price.
 
There are town mooring buoys which are even cheaper but clearly don't have the services.
 
We have potterred around today and arranged for the engine oil to be changed first thing tomorrow before we set of for some anchorages/swimming.
 
Alison has been changing and washing sheets and cleaning generally without the aid of a laudrette - not quite bashing the sheets against stones and rinsing in the river water but not far off!  We did get in a quick trip to the gin factory; plenty to sample and made a nice aperitif before lunch.
 
We will go into town tonight and visit the street market etc.

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