Friday 19th and Saturday 20th July

We had a pleasant sail along the coast to El Rompido. We crossed the shallow bar on the Rio Piedras and slowly made our way up the channel with beaches on both sides for about 4 miles. The marina was ok and our walk ashore took as past rows of holiday restaurants along the beach. We picked one which served excellent food and we sat on the edge of the beach watching the tide go out. Today (Saturday) we made further slow progress further east in light winds. We ended up in Mazagon at the mouth of the Ria de Huelva. All the Spanish marinas are deserted and I know why. They made a mistake with our bill and charged me monohull rates. When they realised they made me pay the balance. The marina manager was very apologetic. He has no discretion and he told me all the boats had left for cheaper marinas. It's more anchoring from now on. They don't even have WiFi here! We walked ashore but there was nothing to see. We're not coming back here again.