Monday 15th October
Do some jobs on board Octopus, then go into the town to find somewhere to eat. We find a great French restaurant who’s owner only speaks French and Portuguese. We have great fun ordering our meal, the owner was very helpful and great with the children. Later we find a little beach near the marina were the children have their first go at body-boarding.
Tuesday 16th October
We go exploring the local Market and find lots and lots of good choice of fresh veg and fruit. Again everyone is really friendly, they love children in Portugal and our six bring lots of interest from the locals. We meet a nice couple on another boat from the UK called Wanding Dragon who have two black cats on board. Susie is now wants a ships cat!! The children do yet more fishing and find the fish in Figueira da Foz are easy to catch and are very big, one poor fish only just fitted in our biggest bucket, unfortunately, because of pollution, they are not good to eat. James gets given a ‘Needle Fish’ by a local fisherman which is a type of Seahorse. We leave Figueira da Foz in the evening to night sail to Peniche.
Wednesday 17th October
At last a really good night sail with lots of wind. We arrive at Peniche at bit tired. We come into the harbour late morning, Peniche marina don’t seem to answer the VHF, I think they stay in bed until lunch time here! We just manage to fit into the last space on the pontoon all the boat arriving after us have to raft up. I do the usual ‘boat work’ washing the clothes and washing down the boat while Chris tries to get some sleep.
Thursday 18th October
Off to explore…. We have a look around the local musem and a walk around the town . Susie finds more cats. It seems the old fort is renowned for looking after stray cats, there are loads plus a lovely little kitten. We find a nice play park and meet an English couple and their two little girls who are moving over to Portugal to live. We end up spending a few hours with them. In the evening we take a very long walk to a long sandy beach where the children and Katy and Justin do some more body-boarding.
Do some jobs on board Octopus, then go into the town to find somewhere to eat. We find a great French restaurant who’s owner only speaks French and Portuguese. We have great fun ordering our meal, the owner was very helpful and great with the children. Later we find a little beach near the marina were the children have their first go at body-boarding.
Tuesday 16th October
We go exploring the local Market and find lots and lots of good choice of fresh veg and fruit. Again everyone is really friendly, they love children in Portugal and our six bring lots of interest from the locals. We meet a nice couple on another boat from the UK called Wanding Dragon who have two black cats on board. Susie is now wants a ships cat!! The children do yet more fishing and find the fish in Figueira da Foz are easy to catch and are very big, one poor fish only just fitted in our biggest bucket, unfortunately, because of pollution, they are not good to eat. James gets given a ‘Needle Fish’ by a local fisherman which is a type of Seahorse. We leave Figueira da Foz in the evening to night sail to Peniche.
Wednesday 17th October
At last a really good night sail with lots of wind. We arrive at Peniche at bit tired. We come into the harbour late morning, Peniche marina don’t seem to answer the VHF, I think they stay in bed until lunch time here! We just manage to fit into the last space on the pontoon all the boat arriving after us have to raft up. I do the usual ‘boat work’ washing the clothes and washing down the boat while Chris tries to get some sleep.
Thursday 18th October
Off to explore…. We have a look around the local musem and a walk around the town . Susie finds more cats. It seems the old fort is renowned for looking after stray cats, there are loads plus a lovely little kitten. We find a nice play park and meet an English couple and their two little girls who are moving over to Portugal to live. We end up spending a few hours with them. In the evening we take a very long walk to a long sandy beach where the children and Katy and Justin do some more body-boarding.
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