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Dipping a Toe in the Water
Today we finally made it to the beach. We cleaned the boat inside and out first and when there were no more jobs to be done set off with some water and our books to the little beach below the … Continue reading
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Cadaques
Today was fine, but Lyra still tossed about a bit. Not so fiercely as yesterday, but with the forecast of worse to come. I suggested the beach while it was still fine. John suggested a boat trip to Cadaques, a … Continue reading
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The Fort at Last
Saturday was a rough old night, we were tossed to sleep in a gigantic cradle and I was awoken at seven by the fishermen’s siren. Why they should want to be going out is beyond me. John slept through it, … Continue reading
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The Next Bay
Enthused by our first walk we were up early to venture further. As it was Saturday we headed up to the Fort again. It was still shut. We should have read the notice more carefully; it is only open from … Continue reading
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A Lovely Day
Today was a glorious day, one of the kind that makes you glad to be voyaging the high seas, able to visit such lovely places. It did not start well. We made our way round the bay away from town … Continue reading
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Off to Espalmador
The girls and Johnsey also arrived on Ibiza in a thunderstorm. John and I had been up early and done a supermarket sweep, the kind owners having let us borrow a trolley to take our shopping back to the boat, … Continue reading
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Thunderbirds Are Go!
We finally set off for Ibiza early on Monday morning. The forecast was for calm seas, no wind and occasional showers, mostly coming to Burriana in the afternoon. We thought we would probably outrun these and set off into a … Continue reading
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Time Passes in Burriananova
After our Die Hard with an Anchor arrival at Burriana on Thursday things have calmed down as we wait for a suitable weather window to venture out. On Friday when the storm came through it was most comforting to be … Continue reading
Voyage to Burriananova, a monalogue
The day we sailed for Burriana, The waves were but fiddling and small, But if we’d ‘a known what they’d come to We wouldn’t ‘av set off at all. We are on our way to Ibiza, A place where they … Continue reading
Return to Spain
We arrived back in Spain to warm weather, but with a humid atmosphere heavy with the threat of thunder. The weather forecast for the week ahead was not very comforting; storms in the Gulf of Leon were sending wind and … Continue reading
The Voyages of Lyra 