Sunday 11th September 2016.
An early start today - I was up at 06.00 - still dark - it gets light about 08.00 here at the moment.
One oil lamp on - coffee - good Internet connection - great !
Penny has her first short walk as soon as it gets light then after breakfast and shower we headed off to Ille Grande for the first visit this trip.
Penny loves this area and it showed !
We walked the paths to the sailing school in hot sunshine and I took pictures and studied the electronic chart on the Ipad to sort out a good route to a spot where we could dry Blazer out for maintenance between tides.
Next weekend is spring tides and that will be ideal for that job.
We picked about a pound of blackberries on the way back to make a pudding with some apples from home - Great !
Then onto the beach with chairs and coffee and Penny running free.
The beach was fairly busy, in the hot sunshine, with about 20 people that we could see.
She ran her legs off ! and then started burying stuff all over the place non stop.
I spotted a guy gathering cockles and went to see him - he had a unique method which gave good results.
He stirred up the sand, as the tide came in, with a garden tool while walking backwards - then when the water cleared - the cockles were sitting on top of the sand - easy.
there seam to be only cockles on that beach - no clams.
I will adopt that idea next time we go to that beach.
Back on board about 2 pm for Jackie to start Sunday lunch and bake the pudding - apple and blackberry sponge - WOW.
We chilled out in very hot sunshine with cocktails while the brisket with all the trimmings cooked - Bliss.
Another long walk with penny on the beach and Jackie braved the cool water and had a swim !!
Lovely day.
Mike and Jackie + Penny
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