We like La Gomera!

We've been here in San Sebastian for a few days now and the contrast between here and Tenerife is wonderful. The town is small, friendly and full of bars selling us cold beer and ice cream at ridiculously low prices. The marina is of a very high standard, with lots of activity and things to watch, like the ferries that dock on the other side of the breakwater. Max likes watching them turn and reverse into their docking spaces.

The marina is alongside a high cliff to the north that shelters us beautifully from the breeze, and it's a 5 minute walk to the bakery and supermarket. Fresh bread every morning, yum.

The beach is also fived minutes away, and it's very sheltered and calm. Issie and Max have both been swimming in the sea - Issie the water baby just loves it, although she will then curl up under a towel to get out of the sun! The beach also has a football pitch, where Max tried out his goalkeeping skills (which are about on a par with his Dad's legendary days as the Magdalene keeper), and there's a volleyball court, so Gesa and I knocked a volleyball around for a bit and proved that my knee is not completely knackered but won't cope with proper play. I still can't persuade Gesa to challenge the locals to a game of 2-on-2 beach volleyball, but maybe later in the week.

We're going to go round to Valle de Grand Rey, a bay about 15 miles away, today and stay there for a few days before coming back to settle the boat into a berth here and prepare her for a two month wait until the Atlantic crossing, and in just a week we'll all be back in England. Strange to think that I'll have to mow a lawn....