Getting Closer Again

Well, we are getting closer again and now have a fair idea of where we are planning on going when we head off for the next stage of our adventure.

The plan is to head down to Cueta and on to Morocco for a couple of weeks or so. We will coast hop along to Melilla – the other Spanish enclave before heading back north to Spain. From there we will have to hope for easterlies like we experienced last year as we want to get to Faro for the winter. In between times, we want to spend some time exploring SW Andalucia especially focussing on the two big rivers, El Rio Guadalquivir and El Rio Guadiana.

Now of course we have a lot of lists to make and tick off. Not least is the vexed problem of charts. UK Admiralty charts are simply not sufficiently detailed. The word is that French SHOM charts are OK but Spanish IHM are the best. However, I know how difficult they are to get hold of. After extensive googling, I found an online seller in Madrid but they only stock peninsular charts so cannot help though they do claim to be able to get hold of SHOM ones. We will have to see.

We are also keen to get a good selection of spices to take with us. Spanish cuisine is great but they are not great users of chilli while things like cumin and turmeric are unheard of. And so it goes on!