Today we had to take another day off, the weather wasn’t great but it would have been possible to sail. This time we had to replace batteries and took the opportunity to recharge our own with another rest day. We had noticed that the boat batteries were not re-charging as well as they used to, and with minimal sun charging the solar panel thanks to all the clouds recently it really was time for 2 new ones (the boat has 3 altogether, one of which we had replaced just a couple of years ago). Since we were in S’Arenal which is really close to Palma and with a really good chandler’s we took the opportunity to buy and install some. They were not in stock but as we anticipated they had them delivered within half a day, Claudia at the shop was super helpful and we had them by just after lunchtime. Lunch being menu del dia in the club nautico restaurant, which was delcious, I opted for the local specials Tumbet (which is like ratatouille) and Bollit (which is like nothing you’ll ever taste unless you come here), a kind of stew but without the meaty goodness of gravy. Boiled meat, carrot, potato, sweet potato and cabbage, tasty but definitely missing a sauce. Perhaps I should have paid more attention, as I was finishing I watched the lady on the next table pour olive oil all over hers – maybe next time. This was all accompanied by a rather decent red wine, and enjoyed whilst the batteries were being delivered to the shop. We returned to the boat, collected the shopping trolley and went back to the chandlery to pick up the extremely heavy batteries. Once they were wheeled back to the boat and safely on board it was time for siesta!!! Oh and it started to rain again, good decision not to go out today….
The Adventures of Gemini J 