As our "long-stay" (almost 2 weeks!) in Newcastle we were ready to move on. Actually, more than ready; it was a nice town but we all wanted to go sailing again. On our last morning we were greeted with a ridiculously long line of visitors waiting to come aboard:
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| The first few hours were really busy! |
And that busy day ended with a glorious double rainbow off our bow.
I finally got my own picture of the unique engineering of the arching opening bridge:
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| I took this photo from the quarterdeck! Old meets new, again. |
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| The view upriver (looking towards town) from the balcony off the Zona Noble |
It was just a short day sail to our next town; we left on the tide at 6 AM and arrived in the afternoon.
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| We motored past the working, industrial section of the river |
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| Ruins of a 12-th century abbey on the hill gave the town "atmosphere" |
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| You might have to look closely, but the river was packed with people to welcome us! We fired a few cannon shots |
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| In the light air, we flew our biggest Spanish flag for a while. |
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| We sell a few passages where people can sail with us for a leg of the voyage. They act as trainee crew, not passengers -- they bunk with us, eat with us, and stand watches. We teach them to steer the ship and climb the rigging. We had a local "Jack Sparrow" join us on this leg. He had a great deal of fun as we came into town past the crowds, yelling to his mates ashore. |
And once again, we got a mention on the local BBC News. The article included some great pictures of our arrival from land, worth following the link to check out.
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