36 08.07 N 005 21.3 W Gibraltar Sorry in advance about the length of this one! Well, we have had an interesting few days. I am not sure I have mentioned, but we have a problem with our depth gauge. It mostly does not work, very occasionally it bursts into life and shows double the depth and very very occasionally works correctly for a while. Trouble is knowing which bit is at fault. The other thing I probably haven't mentioned are the two hazards along this ...

36 32.5 N 006 17.0 W Cadiz, AndaluciaTuesday 25th MayAn easy downwind sail to the Bay of Cadiz which is huge, with about five ports dotted around its edges. Cadiz sticks out like a lollipop at the southeastern end of the bay and is full of ocean cruise liners, tankers and fishing boats. There are two yacht ports, one Club Nautico for locals and one municipal one for visitors as well as locals. They are both about 1 ½ miles from the old centre of Cadiz, so havin...

36 44.75 N 006 25.8 W Chipiona, AndaluciaSunday 23rd May We had an easy ride down the river from Seville back to Chipiona, except for an almighty crunch under the keel in the middle of the river in 4.8m of water! No idea what it was, a sunken boat, supermarket trolley, bit of fishing gear or what. No noticeable damage, but expect some scarring on the keel itself. Only other eventful bit was seeing Romany horses and carts being ferried across the river - crammed...

Sevilla, Tuesday 18th May 2010Seville is a wonderful cycling city. There are green cycle paths all along the avenues and some minor roads, as well as the riverfront. You do take your life in your hands on the narrow cobbled lanes however! We cycled down to the Torre del Oro - it is now a Naval museum, lots about the Santa Maria and the Pinta as well as Armadas etc. Tuesday was a "Free" day, so our entry fee was waived!On to the Cathedral, and that was stunning. ...

37 22.2 N 005 59.8 W Sevilla, AndaluciaMonday, 17th May 2010We are in Seville and it is stunning. We left Portugal at Vila Real and sailed to a place called Mazagon. Not much there but it was a useful staging post to coming here. The marina there is one of a group run by the Junta de Andalucia or the local government. They are modern, clean, well managed and cheap (comparatively speaking). We stayed only one night then headed for Chipiona at the mouth of the R...