Yesterday we arrived back in Portugal after being home for 2 weeks. The boat was as we left it, albeit covered in red dust - which actually was saharan sand, deposited by the winds and rain. After giving the boat a good spray down and clean we met Roger (Jax's boss from the Guardian) to take him out sailing for a day. The wind was slight to start with but after a couple of hours grew to 15 knots which was fine for a gentle sail.

Roger was keen to learn and hopefully had a good introduction to yachting. Once we had returned to port and packed the boat away we had a well deserved ice cream and then drove to Roger's Portugese house in the country to spend a pleasant evening with him and his wife (Rachel) sipping wine and enjoying a meal in a local restaurant.