23rd October 2008, Lagos, S Portugal Well - where was I! Actually sitting in a warm bath in the hotel in La Coruña and I found one of those lumps a lady dreads most. So stop everything, flight home, get checked out, everything ok, flight back to Lisbon, upwards and onwards. Phew! Thank goodness Murray (fellow sailor and friend from Port Edgar) was able to leap into the breach and help Gordon round from La Coruña to Lisbon. Huge thanks to everyone who lent su...

Tuesday 23rd September 2008 It has been three weeks since I last updated this blog and a lot has happened. Willie and Jonathon both got their respective flights from La Coruna although Willie was a bit tight since he got up an hour late, forgetting to adjust his watch to Spanish time. I fitted the new autopilot pin (see photo) and fixed the reefing line which was in fact a broken lug on the Selden boom end. We had our night in the hotel and Anne had one lon...