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Day 16: Countryside
Today I went to a rural area of Italy. It was very calm and quiet here. The people were really nice and gave us some of their food so that we could eat there with them. Their houses were built of pure bricks making them very stable and warm for those cold fronts that come in the winter.
I did nothing else because I wanted to take a break. I had enough relaxation for the day outside enjoying the great wind and beautiful sun. ...
Tavira days
... in the area but it was extremely hot and apathy set in. We did not even manage to go to the almost effortless ferry across to Ilha de Tavira. We are sure that we will return when the heat is less intense as we both liked in and easyjet are now flying to Faro (up the coast) from our home town of Southend.
Regretfully we took the bus back to Spain going straight through to Seville in 3 1/2 hours.
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Seaside chill holiday
... so bother with it and so we went very late in the day instead. In the evening we went out for dinner and had good enough but not great food each evening but after a week we were starting to struggle to find new places to eat. There is a very friendly and safe vibe about the area and we were happy to let the girls go off by themselves although I think they found it a bit limited.
We would sit on the ...
It can only get better!!!!!
... trips to the car deck to see Ruby, feed her etc. There were set times so it got pretty busy down there with all the barking dogs going crazy, yapping away including Ruby. We gave Ruby calming tablets which helped a lot. The following day we mainly sat about the ship, me reading my kindle and Vic on the DS & moaning! We should have arrived in Huelva at 6pm but due to strong head winds and rough seas it was 10.15pm before we docked. The campsite at Almonte, ...
Mooring up another river
... the hull to see what might be making the noise. So out came the wetsuit and goggles...no photos for this! He went under the hull and very quickly ascertained that it was the larger shaft anode that was loose and making the clink clink as the prop turned in the tide.
That was a relief to him and it was not an urgent repair so we could leave the mooring for Chipiona the next day and not have to go on the 'hard'.
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