Blog 41: Avoiding the Orcas!
So now we're setting off towards the Mediterranean, calling at a few nice harbours en route. We had a lovely sail along the coast to Mazagón… …where these two ships looked as if they were about to collide, but actually one was going alongside to fuel or supply the other! And we enjoyed super “posh tapas” at a lively street restaurant called El Brujo, which means The Wizard, the nickname of the chef! It was sort of Masterchef Tapas - delicious and different and beautifully presented! He was certainly a wizard when it came to the strawberry roulade! The next day we enjoyed another super sail to the Bay of Cádiz where we anchored just off Puerto Sherry… …and had dinner in the cockpit with the sun setting behind us. But the wind then quite suddenly got up and was fiercely strong, possibly the Levanter coming from the Mediterranean. Our anchor held overnight, but it was not very pleasant, so the next morning we were lucky enough to find a space at the Real Club Nautico de Puerto Santa ...