With our trans-Atlantic passage looming and our boat job list growing exponentially, we booked into the Rubicon marina in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote for a two-week visit to catch up on chores. With 4G, electricity, and water on-tap, plus a laundrette, supermarkets and chandleries nearby, we were able to crack on with provisioning for our trip ahead, and to make a dent into our formidable job list.
Perks of marina life included unlimited, hot showers ashore, access to a fab pool, crazy golf, new cat friends, and ice cream on tap!
Without doubt, our Lanza highlight was a visit by our very favourite family, the Birchenough-Browns, aka Auntie Katie, Uncle Mark and Cousin Monty. With their villa nearby, we settled into a routine of ferrying ourselves (and our laundry) on electric scooters to theirs for days spent beside the pool whilst being fed delicious meals and playing umpteen matches of table football.
Katie & Mark treated us all to an incredible evening stargazing atop one of Lanzarote’s 300 volcanoes, guided by the fabulously knowledgeable and enthusiastic astronomer, Elina. After watching an especially spectacular sunset, with views of Mount Tiede, Tenerife, over 100nm miles away, Elina plied us with rum miele, whilst helping us to identify planets and constellations, and to spot meteors and shooting stars.
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