And we wait...

It turns out while this part of Portugal has exceptional summers, it doesn't have the greatest winter weather.... how do we know? Well, other than the rain and gales for the past five days, the seagulls have also given up and settled in for January. Always a fair sign that it's going to be a bit diabolical for a while...

Still, we continue to amuse ourselves looking after the local dogs, baking various cake-related concoctions, and wandering to the beach / beach bars / various other beach related locations. The stainless chain for our bowsprit (ordered 28th December) is apparently, maybe, possibly arriving today. Potentially. That will allow us to test sail next week, IF the weather plays ball. Ah well, lesson learnt about sailing out of season.

Stay tuned.