Our new crew member

La preparación continua

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September 30th 2010
A couple more weeks gone by and we're still bodging away. Our tarp is now waterproof but stinks of turps and gives everybody a headache. Weather's pretty much lovely, cept when it rains. We must be looking thin cos the local fishermen keep giving us fish, and champagne, and crabs (which after eating a few we decided it'd be better to just liberate them all into the water and let them repopulate ... read more

Europe » Spain » Asturias

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more