26th June

The two French boats on our left and the big cat to our right thankfully pushed off this morning going dangerously close to other boats on their way out. Sut alors! Imagine got a thorough fresh water hose down and the water tanks were filled. Time to leave. We intended to pick a quiet anchorage going south but all we passed were either fringed with big apartment blocks or desolate and forbidding. We have ended up just outside Porto Cristo. The anchor is in mid channel and we've taken a couple of lines to the rocks to keep us (hopefully) secure and tucked out of the way while avoiding the expense of the marina. This is place is famous for caves discovered by MEA Martel in 1896 (me too) and an unsuccessful landing of the Communists during the civil war.