Tavira anchorage was enjoyable for its birdlife with many Oyster Catchers calling throughout the day. Plenty to watch when the locals came down at weekends and some nice walks.
It proved very handy having the bikes aboard as it is a good couple of miles hike down a level road into the town which is very well equipped with supermarkets (incuding Lidl which all boaters love), free internet in the town square and a wonderful library where you can read the English papers.
Again lots of bird life in El Rompido, lovely walks on the beaches accessed by dingy and a walk over the dunes on boardwalks.
Cadiz, a wonderful old Spanish Town, very hospitable and within easy reach of several other towns by rail or bus.
The River Guadiana - I have fell in love with the place and could easily put roots down here, so much so that I even dragged Geoff off to look at a house (shock, horror say our sailing friends), but it was a lock and go type of property, so we would still sail for most of the year but I would have somewhere to put our few remaining treasures that are in storage amongst our family back in England.
We have left S'Ours on a mooring in Faro for a month whilst we visit family and friends back in England. A live-aboard neighbour is kindly keeping an eye on her and is reporting by email to keep our minds at rest (first time we have left S'Ours afloat).
We are due back aboard on 7th November accompanied by our good friends Richard and Viv who live aboard in dreary old England. We are hoping our enthusiasm together with first hand experience of the area will give them the encouragement to throw off those ropes and join us in the Med.
