Friday 14th November. Cascais marina.

Forced into the marina in the early hours by the weather I have booked in here until Sunday. I really wanted to avoid this place because of scary stories about the prices they charge (the king has/had his boat here). But €25 a night is not too bad and they didn't charge me for last night/this morning, some would. I'm not sure that I would have been able to get further upriver against the wind anyway.
It looks like I'm going to be here until Wednesday.

Comments

  1. CarmelNovember 15, 2024 at 1:23 PM

    wow. it must have been a relief anyhow to find shelter. And 25 euro still sounds incredibly good value. Hope you savour every cent!

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    1. BrendanNovember 22, 2024 at 7:57 AM

      It is but I've been getting used to paying half that down here in the low season.

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  2. CarmelNovember 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM

    Evora is a relatively cheap and easy day trip out of Lisbon. Highly recommend it.

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  3. MaryNovember 16, 2024 at 1:50 AM

    It doesn´t surprise me the king had his boat there: it is such a pretty marine area. I used to attend some teacher conferences there and loved walking around the place. I suppose you are now entering the more pricey ports of the south coast of Portugal and Spain, but you will find bargains since it is now low season.

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  4. CarmelNovember 21, 2024 at 9:42 AM

    Message from Brendan as of 17.30 pm 21st November:

    HE HAS NO INTERNET AT THE MOMENT

    (Think he is on a long leg sailing to Lagos)

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  5. BrendanNovember 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM

    Thanks Carmel, phone problems. On the Algarve now and I've managed to login to some unsecured WiFi from a hotel somewhere near where I've anchored the boat, it's poor though.

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