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Sunday saw us motor up Southampton Water in brilliant sunshine to drop Comino off at Ocean Quay - on the exact pontoon where I took delivery of her three years ago. Martin French, one of her builders, is fitting a new electric windlass and a holding tank.
The preparations for the journey South next year are in full swing.
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Fresh back from four days at the Isle of Wight Festival. No slumming it for us - Comino was like a five star hotel moored up just a stones throw from the festival entrance.
After a short hop across the Solent, we motored up the Medina River and tied up on a pontoon practically in the centre of Newport. Apart from our own onboard bathroom facilities, we also had access to private toilets and showers thirty yards from us. I guess hardcore festival goers would say we weren't embracing the full "communal experience", but sharing a hole in the ground with thousands of other revellers wasn't our idea of fun. It's an age thing. Music wise, the old guard of Crowded House, Blondie, Sir Paul McCartney and Spandau Ballet were brilliant. Pink put on a rather stunning airborne acrobatic show and Jay Z was something a little different. We saw about twenty acts in all - and as Mick Jagger would say "it's only rock n' role but I like it". A quick motor back across the Solent on Monday saw us safely tucked up at Deacons by mid day, whilst the rest of festival goers were still emerging from their tents wandering what day of the week it was! It's also worth mentioning that this was the first time we'd ever dried out at low water and Comino sat absolutely upright in the mud in Newport harbour - perfect. It wasn't possible to sail over the Bank Holiday weekend just gone due to my ongoing hand saga, but three days were spent aboard doing not very much. Comino isn't the largest yacht in the world, but she's very comfortable and we both love spending as much time on her as we can.
One day she'll be our little home in the sunshine. If you say it often enough, it feels like we're almost there. |
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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