Thursday / Friday 20 / 21 June 2019

A fairly brief blog today covering both yesterday and today.

We are deep into the preparations for the arrival of our crew and the journey on to Sardinia.  I’ll spare you the details but much of the time has been on cleaning, maintenance and shopping.  Yesterday we were back and forth to the laundry facilities in the marina (much to the annoyance of one of the other boat owners, who thought he was going to put his washing in, when we were still putting in our second load). There is only one washer and one dryer.

Today we were up early again to go to the supermarket in Mahon for sufficient supplies to last until the end of next week with 5 people on board.  We had plenty of time to do this within the schedule bus times, so we walked further around the town and did some other shopping. While all this was happening a little rain fell.  Fortunately we did not get wet.  First rain in days, probably weeks.

As we had landed outside the marina office from our anchorage this morning, I was surprised to see another guy there waiting to use the steps down to the water.  He did not seem to have a dinghy. Once we had cleared out of the way, he descended the ladder and proceeded to wade across to the small island opposite. He said that he was going there to study the lizards, and even on our return, I could seem him moving about with a camera in his hand.

When not working yesterday, we were kept amused by watching the port theatre of boats trying to find a space large enough to anchor and then actually making their anchor hold. One boat went around and tried at least 6 different times, with varying degrees of success.  He did eventually manage it.

Our other pastime has been planning how to attend the festivities of the feast of Sant Joan in Cuitadella.  We thought we were going to miss these, but have now found that they are on the actual Saints day, rather than the nearest weekend. We have worked out how we will be able to get there using various combinations of transport.  Much more of this to follow over the next few days I am sure.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	885	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	885	nautical miles
Steve (and Tricia)