Aleria's Adventures

Geo, Jacqui, Robert and me aboard Aleria Yesterday, we scrubbed Aleria clean and gave the teak a good 1-2 hit of cleaner and brightener. She looks spiffy. It was a foggy cool day and truly weird weather for this time of year. Later we had OCC member Geo of Petit Prince 2 and prospective members Jacqui and Robert of Scilla over for drinks. Geo is a Belgian who lives in France near Grenoble and will be keeping his boat near Marseilles. Jacqui and Robert are Dutch and doing the ARC this year. All super nice people. Geo wants to be Port Officer in Marseilles. I will recommend him. We walked into town and found yet another good restaurant with different fare. This time a Spanish edition of a Mexican dish, a mini hamburger that was delicious, and Zorza with blue cheese sauce. Yum. Another good Albarino and we were satiated. This part of town was very full of people talking very loudly. It was very lively. After a good night's sleep, a shower, breakfast and a study of the GR...

Tower of Hercules, a World Heritage site Last night, we invited OCC boats to join us for drinks and dinner at the RCNC. Cate and Mike, from the British-flagged Kealoha V ketch and Jacqui and Kevin of Australian-flagged TinTin joined us. It was a lovely evening on the outside deck of the upstairs bar, followed by dinner at the club. Very reasonably priced for three courses with wine at about €16 per person. Cate, Jacqui, Mike and Kevin with Alex at the RCNC This morning, we boarded our bikes and headed down the bike path around the coast. The sun was out and it was finally warm. We arrived rather quickly at the Tower of Hercules, the imposing lighthouse on approach to A Coruna. It was originally built by the Romans in the 1st century and rebuilt in the 1700s to its present height and design. It is now a World Heritage site. By the Hercules statue is a plaque dedicated to Breogan and Ith. The story dates back to a book written by Irish monks in the 12th century which tells...