From calm water to restful sweetwater

Once again it was a calm morning we awoke to in Adra. Stunningly beautiful with just a hint of wind (that got skipper Nigel hopeful for the day). We were about 20 minutes into the journey when we pulled out the sails and switched off the motor. We were sailing once again 🙂

Our excitement was fairly short lived and in order to keep speed we ended up putting the engine on again, much to our disappointment, although we still had both sails out which was a great feeling on the helm. The scenery was interesting as we headed past the miles and miles of plastic greenhouses growing, presumably, all manner of vegetables for the dinner plates of Europe. I think mainly tomatoes since they seem to appear as a “speciality” on every menu here.

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We passed a couple of catamarans as we entered the gulf of Almería, one even had it’s sails up which is an impressive yet unusual sight (we normally see them motoring along, sails packed away). When we arrived we had to wait on the quayside for the office to open but it was worth the wait since the lovely Jessica gave us a great berth just a short walk from the beach and the bars and restaurants.

We had been reviewing the weather during the afternoon and the forecast for the next day looked like the weather would be working against us. Coupled with our nice position in the marina it was an easy decision to take a rest day. I woke up fairly early and joined the fitties (not fifties quite yet 😉 ) of the town in a walk along the seafront. It is a nice promenade here with a mix of old and slightly newer blocks of apartments and even some cute beach bungalows. I walked along to Roquetas de Mar and back, most pleasant. We then went out for coffee after breakfast and lunch later on. Everything a rest day should be.

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I also spotted jellyfish which swam right up to the boat, I have never seen one so big about 40-50cm diameter ! I was very glad to be aboard rather than swimming. A quick internet search has drawn a blank on the species ….. any ideas my lovely readers ??

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Hopefully onwards tomorrow heading back towards Cabo de Gata…..