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| Punta Negra |
Wednesday morning was spent sorting out the sink drainage and fixing yet another toilet leak on the pump handle! We then motored to a small anchorage about a mile away at Punta Negra, which is a lovely small anchorage. There aren’t too many jet skies and motor boats and there is a small pontoon and beach for the dinghy. After a drink with Ian on Caprice we went to the town and went to the hairdressers and Roger went to the Doctors as his ear is painful. He had wax in it and an infection. There is a very handy Mercadona and Lidle within easy walking distance and some excellent ferretarias in the area. We had to make use of these when we discovered one of the toilet pipes now had a split in it – another afternoon spent finding a replacement pipe and fixing it! Palma is half an hour away on a good bus service.
Punta Negra, although very quite and peaceful, is just below the extremely expensive hotel of St. Regis. Ian saw the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, having a swim early on Wednesday morning (after the area had been checked out by a warship and his minders!), we saw a wedding take place on the pontoon one evening, and there was a model fashion shoot on the cliffs. We decided to stay here until Tuesday as my daughter, Jessica, sister in law Gill and her friend Jenny are coming to stay with us on Monday, and this is quite a good pick up spot.
It has been very hot and a Grade 1 heat warning was given. As we are spending a lot of time anchoring in one place, the batteries are struggling to keep up with the fridge. The solar panels and wind generator (if there is any wind) keep the batteries topped up during the day but at night they run down and we have to turn the fridge off in the morning for a couple of hours until the batteries are topped up again. We may have to buy a small generator.
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