HOMETIME

Last day of this trip HE said lets run away from responsibilities and head south instead we are heading north to Bilbao But no expense spared we hit the toll road.. People have no idea how utterly lovely northern Spain is and this toll road took us up through the mountains and back down to sea inlets with bobbing boats .. We have been down to Santiago la Campostilio on the Green Coast road for Christmas 20 years back to see the Big Bong (incense swinger)being hauled through the cathedral by forty monks on Christmas Day and after into The posh Parador for hot chocolate .. All wonderful memories of North Spain

BIG wine shop … €100 worth and for us that’s good going as the most expensive we buy for ourselves is no more than €1.50 and as you can pick up a lt carton of vin rouge for 55c it’s a good one .. But birthday presents and thnx for looking after our pussies it has to be a special one or two.. Some Grand cru or something like that and the eternal Cava .. Slap a bit of Aprol and soda in it and one could dream of being in Venice

  
Lovely sunshine for our leaving .. A little bumpy but then at about 10pm change of direction .. We are searching for a vessel who has put out a mayday

BAY OF BISCAY.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL DAISY MAY VICINITY OF 44° 55.0’N 003° 59.7’W. AT 2155 UTC 09 DEC 2015.

VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL,

TELEX: 42950519, PHONE: 332 9755 3535,

FAX: 332 9755 4934, E-MAIL: ETEL@MRCCFR.EU.
(092238Z DEC 2015

Wow excitement if we’ed have known what was going on .. I have a f/b friend who knows everything nautical and I asked what was going on he sent this info back to me

Holed up in Portsmouth over night in a sleepyspot 5 min from the ferry at Port Solent GPS coords 50.84312 -1.095508 and it’s FREE

THAT ALL FOR NOW FOLKS .. Speak soon Hetty Hymer will be off somewhere over the Christmas / Newyear so watch this space for more TRAVELSWITHHETTY