We came to Cascais to stay for six months in October 2019, eighteen months later we are preparing to leave. We will be leaving port in the next few days. Covid and other life events meant we did not leave last summer as planned but that has not been a problem. Cascais has been a good place to stay and we have made some good friends whilst we have been here. We are sure we will be back for visits over the years to come. We have decided to head back to the UK this summer so will be travelling back through Spain and France before crossing the Channel back… Read More
Continue ReadingChristmas, Brexit and Covid
It is now 12 months ago we last boarded a plane bound for the UK. At that time Covid was a problem in China and a few isolated cases were beginning to be seen in Italy. If you had told us that this was our last flight home for a year we would not have believed you. Now one year on we would need to take a connecting flight as there are no direct flights between Portugal and the UK and also have to spend £2,400 to stay in a quarantine hotel for 10 days once we arrive in England. Effectively that means we won’t be travelling anytime soon (which… Read More
Continue ReadingChristmas 2020
2020 is coming to an end and as for everyone else this has not been the year we planned. Back in February, we showed our new charts and pilot books for Mediterranean Spain as we intended to sail south in April. We are still in the same place as when we celebrated Christmas last year. Has the year been wasted? Certainly not! Things have happened that we would have preferred not to have happened with Covid and losing Graham’s Mother in March. We have still explored and have enjoyed spending time in Portugal. We expected to leave in April but instead, we have spent time developing friendships and learning about… Read More
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