We've finally set off east again from Estapona after a week's break. The time has been usefully spent sorting out a few things on the house and making sure the last few building jobs are getting finished off.

Yesterday we bought a fridge and washing machine for the house and after a few difficulties getting the fridge through the doors installed it proudly in the kitchen. Now we can have cold drinks and keep food there! Progress!

We've also had internet installed via a rural wireless system. The house is miles and miles in the country surrounded by huge hills, and internet is fantastic, since there are no phone lines and pretty poor mobile coverage. It also means I can hopefully work there and be contactable.

Ironically the spanish house has better internet connectivity than at home where we still have to get broadband by satellite. It was also a bit of a shame having to leave the house now we've moved one step up the comfort level with a fridge and a few steps up the technology ladder with internet.

We are currently on the way east to Caletta de Valez en route to hopefully Majorca. We had hoped to be further along by now, but we've done a few jobs and organised a few things with the house, so have made good use of the time. We've even replaced the stolen outboard with a new one (which itself was quite an epic task in Spain).

It is still with perfectly smooth seas now as we're motoring along at 5.5 knots with the sprawing connurbation or Marbella to our left - surprisingly it doesn't look that bad from the sea, but it is!

Earlier we were treated to a fantastic dolphin show around the boat in clear blue waters, where we took a couple of great photos (see sailing/summer 2006 photos to the right).



Only 50 more mile to go today. We're planning to anchor tonight and set off again tomorrow for Almerimar. At this rate we should arrive about 2000. The wind is slowly creeping up as the afternoon sea breeze kicks in, so fingers crossed and we should be able to do some sailing later...