Blog 40: Summer 2024 - Under The Bridge … but only just!
I seem to have ‘fallen by the wayside’ as far as blogging is concerned in the last couple of years! I think it’s partly because the temperature is often just too hot to want to stay inside staring at a computer screen, and partly that the internet connection is sometimes slow or not available at all if we’re out at sea. Anyway, my apologies and I’m going to start again now. I also have a couple of unfinished episodes from last year that I will try and finish off and post later. We arrived back in Lagos, Portugal, at the end of April and moved Astraia a few miles down the coast to Portimão boatyard to do some maintenance and get her bottom painted! Here is Astraia waiting for us in Lagos Marina This is looking back at the town of Lagos as we leave We anchored overnight in Alvor, one of our favourite spots, then headed to Portimão Boatyard where Astraia was lifted out of the water. Here’s Astraia in the boatyard at Portimão. We spent a couple of weeks getting her ready for the season and...