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This is the blog entry I've been waiting to write for over a year. Our plan is well and truly underway - Comino is heading off to the sunshine and we'll follow on shortly after. It's all booked and paid for. It's really happening.
Today, I started rubbing down the hull ready for two coats of new antifoul. It's cold, grey and a tad miserable, but my motivation is high. Comino departs for Portugal on 29th March and my first trip to the sunshine is booked for the 28th April, courtesy of Ryanair. Nicki and I are going out for 10 days in May/June and a further trip for 23 days is booked for July/Aug. Other hops to Portugal this year will happen for sure. These past few weeks have been heavy on the wallet as new Raymarine instruments have been installed, plus NAVTEXT. This is on top of the electric windlass and holding tank system. A 50 Watt solar panel is on order to trickle charge the batteries in-between our visits and to keep the beers cold in the fridge whilst at anchor. Talking of which, Santa brought me a kedge anchor (for Med style bow-to mooring) for Christmas and courtesy flags for Spain and Portugal came from the kids. For my forthcoming birthday I'm hoping for a first aid kit! No doubt the next two months will sap the finances even further, but when Comino slips her mooring to head for Portugal she'll be fully equipped and ready for the long voyage South.
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A FEW PICS OF COMINO Click a photo to enlarge and use side arrows to scroll through. COMINO IS CURRENTLY HEREDID SOMEONE SAY SEAFOODOn our journey from Portugal to Greece we enjoyed amazing seafood almost everywhere we stopped. Finding the local fish market was always a priority because seafood was so plentiful and so reasonably priced. And, the displays were a feast for your eyes.
Locating a market sometimes meant pounding the pavements in searing heat, but if you kept your eyes peeled, you often came across a little clue. The pic below was a rather less than subtle advert for a fish market - it was eight feet tall.
Freshly cooked onboard, a plateful of giant prawns, baked in wine and garlic, washed down with a few glasses of local vino, was like heaven. Watching the sunset on the boat eating a meal like that was the epitome of "living the dream".
Now we're in Greece we've another favourite to savour. I'm talking about fried Calamari. It's usually good, but every now and then it's off-the-scale fantastic. At Natalie's Taverna on Kontokali Beach in Corfu, it was nothing short of epic.
We're based in Lefkas now and It's been a bit of a mission to find somewhere just as good. And we have. Rakias is a mere ten minute walk from the marina and this little fish market, with its very own taverna attached, is quite sensational.
Oh...and it's also worth mentioning that, on occasions, a bit of barbequed Octopus is on the menu at some of the tavernas we frequent. Can I resist....no. SUNSETS AND DRAMATIC SKIESNo filters, or any other monkey business, have been used to enhance these images.
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