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    • Endziel Portugal im Frühling
      Day 16

      Adra

      February 4 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      Unser erster Stopp war heute in Almeria. Aber außer ein bisschen Sonnetanken und einem schönen Spaziergang durch die Stadt, haben wir hier nichts unternommen. Die ehemalige Kranbrücke, von der aus früher die Schiffe beladen wurden, bietet einen herrlichen Blick über das Hafengelände und einen Teil der Stadt. Dann sind wir noch ein Stückchen auf unserer Route weitergefahren.
      In dem Küstenstädtchen Adra mit einem aktiven Fischereihafen und anschließender Fischverarbeitung finden wir einen Stellplatz direkt am Strand. Der war aber leider belegt als wir ankamen. Direkt anschließend gibt es einen riesigen kommunalen Parkplatz, der viele freie und geräumige Plätze bietet. Die Strandbar hatte auch noch einen Tisch für uns und das würzige Bier Alhambra Especial wird jetzt hier in Spanien unsere Lieblingssorte werden.      Read more

    • Cruising donkeysCruising Donkeys to Greece
      Day 218

      Adra

      November 19, 2017 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

      So while in Este we visited La Herradura just over the headland, via the lighthouse for some photos, and a lovely lunch. From there we were going to go to Motril but as we got near it became apparent that it was a small marina but in a bigger port and there was lots of traffic including cargo ships being loaded and unloaded, so as the weather was great, I was in a bikini, we headed on to Adra. We have been the only overnight visiting yacht for four nights and unlike the other Med Marinas it is really calm, and we can go alongside rather than stern to, sadly there are no loos or showers near the marina only in the port office (10mins away) but that's fine, there is water and electricity. It isn't a tourist destination at all no hotels and only a couple of restaurants but a couple of good supermarkets but loving the peace and quiet.
      For E1 each we visited the Old Smelting tower, the bomb shelter tunnels, the museum showing the towns history and an interactive museum about the local wetlands, absolute bargain.      Read more

    • TravelerBringing Eureka home
      Day 21

      Unexpected stop at Adra

      June 14, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      The alarm was meant to go off at 04.30, but Mary P's phone was still on Irish time so the alarm did not go off at 05.30.
      Instead it was the skipper who was up early, much too early and was amusing himself by washing down the decks, that got the crew awake.

      The big bulk carriers on the pier were being loaded with gypsum and with the wind blowing towards us, everything on deck was being covered with a coat of fine sandy coloured dust. Seeing that I woke early I decided to clean the decks and while I kept away from the opened deck hatches I had forgotten that Dave had one of his windows open on the side of the coachroof. Instead of the alarm, it was Dave's screeches as he got an unwelcomed shower that got the crew up.
      The result was that everyone was soon on deck and we left Garrucha at 06.40.

      Unfortunally this morning's forecast warned us that the favourable forecast wasn't going to last for more than 30 hours so we needed to get as far west as we could before the weather broke.

      It was calm when we set off and for the first two hours we motored towards the 'Point of Death' where the wind arrived, then we were able to motor sail and keep up a good speed.
      By 11.00 we were rounding Cabo de Gata at the south west corner of Spain and began heading west

      With the updated forecast we knew we had to find a berth before dark as the wind was going to blow Force 7 a near gale, by the morning.
      Unfortunally this section of coast did not have many harbours and by the time we needed to make a decision on where to shelter, Almeriamar was too close and Punta de Esta was still too far away.
      I really wanted to get as far west as was safely possible and there was only one suitable harbour between them, Adra and we tied up at the sailing club marina at 19.30.

      I went ashore to do the paperwork while the Mary's got dinner started.
      Dave looked after the boat getting out a couple of extra ropes and fenders in preparation for the wind tomorrow.

      The marina was a little run down while the club house was a little bit posh and uninviting. Adra was definitely off the tourist track and its main claim to fame is that it had been the last stronghold of the Moors in Spain.

      After dinner onboard we wandered up the town to find a pub with wi fi.
      We found the pub but not the wi fi and later headed back knowing that due to the weather we weren't heading anywhere tomorrow.

      Leg 9 - 80 mls. Total 887 mls.      Read more

    • TravelerBringing Eureka home
      Day 22

      Heeling over at Adra

      June 15, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      When I woke up everything looked good but by the late morning the wind had came up and was soon gusting up to 35 knots, a Force 7 or near gale.

      Dave put on yet another rope and kept adjusting the fenders as we heeled over against the marina. Luckily there was no swell to cause the fenders to 'pop' out.

      The girls went ashore and headed for the beach but later told us they had been sandblasted by the wind while they were there.

      Dave later went off exploring while I stayed aboard doing skippering things and to look after Eureka as I wasn't happy leaving her alone with the wind.

      The wind eased in the late afternoon and after dinner aboard we went ashore and found an 'Irish' pub that had wi fi. We were the only customers and got plenty of little tapas with our drinks as there was no one else to eat them.
      There doesn't seem to be any life in this little town.

      It was calm when we got back to Eureka but having got an up to date forecast we knew that there was more wind due tomorrow and we would be staying put for another day.      Read more

    • TravelerBringing Eureka home
      Day 23

      Still stuck in Adra

      June 16, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      We had a peaceful calm night but the wind is due to get back up this afternoon.
      The next harbour is fifty miles away so we wouldn't have had the time to get further west before the wind comes back and anyway the seas outside looked like they were still high after yesterday's wind.

      There is an Italian father and son crew on the next boat.
      The father is a right old seadog and we have being sharing weather information. He agreed my assessment to stay put another day which did my confidence no harm at all having an experienced sailor agreeing with my reading of the weather conditions.

      The wind came up a bit earlier than expected at 11.00 and while is didn't get into the 30's like yesterday, it was still strong enough.

      Dave and I went walkabout while the girls went to the tourist office to check on alternative means of getting to Faro.
      They were getting anxious that we wouldn't get there in time. I was fairly certain we would, but could only tell them I was 95% certain on getting there on time but they were paying more attention to the other 5%.

      Dave and I went to a local Spanish bar where we had lunch having successfully tried out my poco espanol or cupla focail as we'd say at home.
      After dinner aboard we all headed back to the 'Irish' bar mainly for the wifi and found that the forecast was good for tomorrow which put smiles on the Mary's faces, so we celebrated with another drink.

      I met my Italian pirate when we returned to the marina and he too was planning to leave in the morning. Everyone was happy with life.      Read more

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    Adra, Адра

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