Life is not a Practice

The last day of two weeks sailing with go-n-sail in spain. Two fun weeks in which I learned so much and had a brilliant time and put on 3 Kilograms!



We sailed between Spain and Portugal and enjoyed everything from windstill to 30 knot winds. No matter what the weather, we always found something to do.



Debbie added a video of me berthing to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gonsail

Shane was a great teacher and today he awarded me with my RYA Day Skipper qualification.

Photos at https://goo.gl/photos/dYBmHNeauYMCJXme6

My video of the two weeks is at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUy0nadNruQ

When I was in the army I never made it to Gibralter so I added it to my itinary this year.



It is just as strange as I expected. After driving for four hours through Spain you suddenly arrive in a little corner of Britain. Normal countries have barriers that come down for trains to cross the road, Gibralter has a runway crossing the road. I had to wait for a Hercules and the "tea time flight" from London to land before I could continue.

The high street looked like any English town with red telephone boxes, police in helmets and rain. And no one took Euros - pounds or nothing. All in all a very surreal experience.