Well, Wednesday dinner was jacket potatoes to keep energy levels up. The boat was jumping about so much that the potatoes kept getting wedged at the back of the microwave and not getting cooked !

A very lumpy night and wind on the nose as usual. We tried sailing off track to steady things but after a majority vote it was decided to motor on and get there quicker.

With all the crew flat out Mark was sent into the cockpit to change the chart chip with navigation details for Spain ready for our arrival, but not that simple !

The chart wouldn’t work and we think we have damaged the pins trying to put the chip in as none of our charts work now.

This led to much excitement navigating on a dark night into a new port, we finally found our way into the marina after much confusion trying to identify some meaningful lights.

We tied up at 2.55am Thurs morning, filled ourselves up with a huge spaghetti bolognaise washed down with a couple of glasses of wine and then hit our bunks until late morning.

The morning showers were pure luxury and we are all feeling and smelling human again.

The next day was spent exploring the street markets in town, and sampling the food stalls. The chocolate crepes were simply the best.

We were the first boat to arrive at La Coruna, the next one came in over 24 hrs later and then a steady stream of arrivals Friday and Saturday, which kept us busy meeting and greeting and drinking and hearing all the stories !

Saturday was market day and we stocked up with lots of local delicacies, the sun was shining at last and we sunbathed on deck for the afternoon before joining the rest of the rally for a pontoon party at 6pm.

After lots of  Pimms we ambled up into town to sample the local squid, prawns and fish for dinner – we are starting to feel like we are on holiday now !

Tonight we have to ‘glam up’ as we are guests at the very exclusive Club Nautico where we are being entertained with drinks and Tapas.

Apparantly last year there was a famous opera singer visiting the club who gave an impromptu performance to all the guests – so we are expecting great things…watch this space !

 Position 43:22.05N 08:23.70W

Soon we will attempt to load up some pics, but we need to work up to that !

Hopefully our position will be updated today, we really have left Torquay – promise !