Monday 20 January – Friday 7 February
After a promising start to this season’s cruising, we ended up staying three weeks in Fuengirola, sitting out a number of bouts of stormy weather. However, this was nothing compared to what the UK was to endure throughout February, and the wet and windy days gave us the perfect excuse to show off our lovely cockpit enclosure (tent).
(hoisted away from quay to deter unwelcome boarders…)
Meanwhile, we greatly enjoyed a visit from British friends we met in A Coruña who [whisper it] have a large motor boat and were looking at possible marinas on this coast for next Winter’s layup. Skipper purchased and installed a passerelle (drawbridge) to enable us to step off the stern of the boat on these Med moorings.
Second Mate’s brother flew over to spend a few days in the sunshine and enjoy some quality R&R …during our most wintry weather so far, but we managed a pleasant paseo along the promenade to a castle that now hosts a range of events and performances, a bar lunch nearby and another wet visit to Málaga, where we explored the Roman amphitheatre that was moonlighting as a swimming pool, and found a very good tapas supper at La Plaza nearby. The train journey was much more pleasant than the bus ride of our earlier trip, too, so overall a successful day.
We did have some lovely weather to explore a few of the famous sights in this part of Spain: Ronda, the Alhambra Palace in Granada and a rugged walk from one of the ‘white villages’ up in the hills.