Stuck

...and things were going so well.

We took a clean, punctual, cheap, air-conditioned bus to Almeria, an old Moorish city.  Mainly very attractive and surprisingly affluent.  It must be all the plastic agriculture in the hinterland, all the fruit, veg and flowers going to England.  However Val had her purse stolen, which was fairly bad news.  Credit cards, driving licence, some cashe etc, etc.  Luckily the passports were elsewhere.  However, we seem to have got things mainly sorted, and even managed to report the theft to an efficient and almost friendly policeman.  What is Spain coming to?

Now we're round another corner, in San José (we had to ask around a bit).  We're trying to head NE, which is  where the wind is coming from and it's strong (F8 today, F10 forecast tomorrow).  What's worse is that there are very few ports or even sheltered anchorages for some way.  So for the moment we're sitting tight and enjoying San José.  We got up at dawn yesterday and went for a 15 mile walk back to the cape (Cabo de Gata), so for a change here's a picture from the land side of a corner.

Green and pleasant it's not, but very impressive in it's way - and hot!