Lekeitio

We still wanted to make some miles now that my parents are here. Unfortunately mam sprained her ankle so she needed to take some rest. Although we probably wouldn't have taken her on this trip anyways😉 While we sailed to Lekeitio, mom and dad drove to Bilbao. When we arrived in Lekeitio the harbour told us they did not have any space for us. Luckily a very nice security guard told us we were allowed to dock on his side of the port. Not in the marina, but on his wall, for free. There were only 3 drawbacks. One, we could only stay for one night. Two, we had to get on and off board via a couple meters high ladder. Which unfortunately meant we wouldn't enjoy our freshly caught mackerels on board with my parents (no way mom could get on board with only one leg). Three, or at least that's what we think was the situation (I still speak a little Spanish but it's quite rusty 😅). We were docked right underneath a crane. The fishermen would need the crane around 7 am, after coming back fully loaded with all the fish they caught that morning. Which meant an early morning for us the next day.

The next morning we woke up and we were curious whether those fishing boats really had left and would be returning quickly. They were all still nicely docked in the harbour 🤣 So we either completely misunderstood what we had been told or something else was going on. Fortunately, the wind would pick up a lot later in the day (around 30 kts headwind) so leaving so early was actually quite nice. Now we only saw up to 27 knots right at the end when we were already almost there.Read more