Inland Sea then Alicante
Gillyb
Wed 22 Jul 2009 21:24
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Position: 38:20.46N 00:28.97W
Did you know that there was an inland sea in Spain
? - we didn't until now. The Mar Menor is a true inland sea some
12x6miles with islands, warm salt water, and a uniform depth of @6
meters - brilliant. It is reached via a canal and a lifting bridge,
which opens every 2 hours for about 10 minutes, regardless of the need to let
yachts pass and the subsequent traffic jams! (The Dons could learn a few
lessons from the Dutch here ). Once inside, we had a very
peaceful night at anchor behind one of the small islands where we fired up our
barbie - what a great way to live! During our early morning swim
Gillian got stung by a jelly fish so she went off the place and we decided
to press on towards Alicante. Great sail and I caught a fish at last - the
wreched thing fell off just as I got it to the back of the yacht. If we
were reliant on my fishing skills to survive we would be
doomed.
I write this short blog in the cockpit, it is
2330 local and still @ 30 degrees HOT, HOT, HOT.
GillyB
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