30th Oct 2008 (photos and a few words)

We are now in Chipiona again and the following pictures are :- 9 from Fuengirola, including a couple of Bob & Di on Sheer Fantasy; 12 from Gibraltar, including 1 of us with Fran, Richard, Irene & Mick, 2 general photos of the Rock & Airport, 4 of damage in Marina Bay and 2 of damage in Queensway Quay after the storm force 12, and 3 of the Boat Beastie in Gib; then 1 of Cape Trafalgar, 1 of Cadiz and lastly 10 from Rota.

There have been a mixed bag of people that we have met recently that are either crossing the ‘Pond’ , heading into the Med or making towards their chosen wintering spot and others that are long term ‘live-a-boards’. Pete & Annie on Tigress of Deben who are crossing to the Caribbean and are now in the Canaries; Colin is living aboard in Gib and his boat was quite badly damaged after being caught under the cement jetty (when the surge came after the winds); Erin and Rob will winter in Gib and then explore the Med in ‘Juggler’ ; Dorthe & Jesper (from Denmark) on ‘Pinton’ will winter in Seville and then also explore the Med ; and Martin & Marsha (from Holland) will also go to the Med after the winter (and then possibly the Caribbean). We have tried to pass on the latest information ( as we have found it) and hope it will be of some use to the people travelling to places we have been.The weather windows are happening less now and I think we are ready to be parked up for a decent length of time , and not have to worry about watching the weather and tides so that we can move along to the next place..