The next morning we moved inside the marina at Puerto Sherry. The pilot book was correct in that although the Marina facilities were good and the staff very friendly, the complex surrounding it looked as if it was abandoned 20 years ago with half built buildings. Those buildings that were there were tired.

To add insult to injury the dreariness of the marina was compounded by the dreariness of the clouds and the drizzle rain that just seemed to hang around all day long.

The little old town of Puerto Santa Maria is an enjoyable 20minute walk from Peurto Sherry and from here you can get a catamaran ferry into Cadiz. Santa Maria is a great town – full off history from a glorious maritime past. It’s a shame that the Spanish seem to enjoy completely defacing steps, walls, pillars, posters – anything, with graffiti. So stupid. Graffitti is as bad here as the worst of New York in the bad ‘ol days. It must be so soul destroying for the town councilors.

Cadiz is an Old Spanish city with again beautiful architecture, small cobbled stone streets and very colorful. The churches are stunning.  
Of course this town is full of naval history. This is the Bay where Nelson bottled up the Spanish and French navies before the “Battle of Trafalgar”. Cape Trafalgar is near here and this is where Lord Nelson got killed.  You can see how the English cut off the Spanish and French fleet in this area. Good strategic planning by Nelson and Britain ruled the seas for at least 100 years as a result of this. Smart chap then.