Sunday 9 Oct – at Peniche and Monday 10 Oct – Peniche to Cascais or Lisbon, and new crew joins.

Sunday: Shopping by folding bike. MB amuses market stall holders by eating raw hot pepper and then collapsing in steaming heap. Long walk to opposite coast of peninsular PM. Beers in village. 

Monday AM. Slip away early dawn. Slip keys under HM’s door and climb over fence back to boat. Wind up and down like a yo-yo. Amazing 1^st mates breakfast of salmon, cheddar, and scrambled eggs.

1520 passing Cascais….decision made to continue for Lisbon as its further down out track, and more interesting, and probably cheaper. Enter Tagus estuary 1700. Very picturesque. Fantastic sight of the great red 3-tier Tagus suspension bridge. Pass under bridge as new crew’s Faro train is crossing it.

Finally dock in Doca de Alcantera, Lisbon at 1850. New Crew, Gill Browne, from Carlow, Ireland, finally gets to us at 1900. Quiet curry and whiskey meal aboard.