Some holiday!
Well it’s nearly December and we’re still in Tenerife. After much deliberation, we decided to take the boat out of the water for our latest visitors, Dave’s Mum and brother, who came for a week. The initial idea was to give them a stable base for the week without rocking on anchor but it also gave Ian the perfect chance to admire the bottom of the boat. And to help with the sanding… Oh, and while you’re down there, you might as well help paint it!
We had mixed weather for the week, with lots of cloudy skies and even a sprinkle of rain. This suited Rita down to the ground but further reduced Ian’s chances of getting a suntan. We did manage to cram a lot into a week, with a trip up Mount Teide and to the north of the island along the terrifying coast roads. We ate in a typical Spanish restaurant (where one lady was tucking into a whole cooked octopus) and visited the much-publicised but overrated ‘Dragon tree’. It is big…. We had a trip out to sea once the boat was launched (sadly no dolphin or whale sightings) and even squeezed in some windsurfing lessons.
The weather is definitely getting cooler here, down to the low 20’s, still not a patch on Britain, where we were amazed to hear you’ve been having snow. Even in Exeter… We have also had unseasonal weather here, with a ‘tropical storm’ blowing through last night. After one boat had a near miss from dragging onto the rocks (pulled away at the last minute by Dave’s dinghy), all the anchored boats took shelter in the fishing harbour. One guy wasn’t so lucky and his boat ended up wrecked on the beach – a sad sight this morning.
Today brought a return to blue skies and calmer seas. We are making good progress with the square sail and still hope to be on the move soon.
We had mixed weather for the week, with lots of cloudy skies and even a sprinkle of rain. This suited Rita down to the ground but further reduced Ian’s chances of getting a suntan. We did manage to cram a lot into a week, with a trip up Mount Teide and to the north of the island along the terrifying coast roads. We ate in a typical Spanish restaurant (where one lady was tucking into a whole cooked octopus) and visited the much-publicised but overrated ‘Dragon tree’. It is big…. We had a trip out to sea once the boat was launched (sadly no dolphin or whale sightings) and even squeezed in some windsurfing lessons.
The weather is definitely getting cooler here, down to the low 20’s, still not a patch on Britain, where we were amazed to hear you’ve been having snow. Even in Exeter… We have also had unseasonal weather here, with a ‘tropical storm’ blowing through last night. After one boat had a near miss from dragging onto the rocks (pulled away at the last minute by Dave’s dinghy), all the anchored boats took shelter in the fishing harbour. One guy wasn’t so lucky and his boat ended up wrecked on the beach – a sad sight this morning.
Today brought a return to blue skies and calmer seas. We are making good progress with the square sail and still hope to be on the move soon.
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