Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 April 2019

Monday was a quiet day. Steve had been ill in the night, with very little sleep and still not feeling good all morning. We suspected food poisoning, but we had all eaten the same, with nothing suspicious, and Chris and I were fine. The guy on the boat next door told us that there were people on other boats in the marina who were ill, so it may have been a bug. We’ll probably never know.

Chris had a walk along the seafront promenade. I did a very short run. It had stopped raining, was overcast, but we were able to have lunch on deck.

In the afternoon we said farewell to Chris, did a small amount of shopping and retired early.

On Tuesday, Steve was starting to feel better. I did the laundry early, before the usual queue had built up for the machines. We bought bread and fish, then generally prepared the boat for leaving tomorrow. In the afternoon, the wind got up to gale force again and we were getting bounced around a lot, so we put some extra lines out for extra security.

When we went up the office to pay, the marinaro told us that, in his lifetime ( he looked about 40), he had never experienced three consecutive days of rain in Cartagena. The Easter weekend had also been the first time in 500 years that they had had to cancel the processions on the three consecutive days of the Easter weekend. No wonder I had seen people on tears in the church on Easter Sunday.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	99	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	99	nautical miles
Tricia (and Steve)