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Sep 22

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9/22/2009 2:42 PM 

How fortunate I am to have a partner who works in Minorca for two months of the year!  I’m even more fortunate that I’m encouraged to stay with her while she’s there. Oh, woe is life!

But this is the first year we’ve not arrived by Flicka and a very different experience it’s been too. I’ve been free of the worries of having a boat on a mooring at the bottom end of what can be a very squally bay. I’ve also been free of the slow burning fear of having the crossing back to France hanging over me for the last week or two.

But, I’ve missed having my little boat there waiting for me on a mooring just a short row from the shore. I’ve missed pottering about on board fixing things and installing stuff. I’ve missed those mellow days when I’d sail off the mooring and go for a gentle meander out of the bay and then sail back and pick up the mooring and be home in time for lunch.

Perhaps more than anything though, I’ll miss the challenge of crossing the Gulf of Lyons in October and the satisfaction of having made it safely back to the Bay of St Tropez after a few days relaxing at Porquerolles. I’ll miss my friends on the French mainland too as we’d long been in the habit of catching up in October before I headed off.

One day while I was here last year I put an old Leica R lens on my EOS 30D and took some shots. I hope these will give you some idea of the atmosphere and colour of Minorca.

Some of the local flora at dusk.

One of the local villas…                                             Shoreline at Ses Salines