It was very quiet on the seafront at this time of the morning.
Also very peaceful here. Just one elderly chap, wearing a big straw hat, was quietly preparing a modest small boat to go fishing. Later I saw him chugging out to sea trailing a fishing line. We waved to each other - as one should on such a nice morning.
The gentlest of winds had now died away to nothing. Although I went into this marina, to mooch around, I wasn't there long. A harbour official came to the end of one of the jetties and called to me ...... it transpired that I shouldn't be in there. The marina, or harbour, is for permit holders only. So I apologized and paddled out again. No more marina mooching at Villaricos for me!
Before surrendering to the heat of the morning I paddled a bit further up the coast, away from the main seafront. It's a rocky bit of coastline but I saw a couple of nice little bays where it night be possible to launch a kayak from on a future visit.
Long time since I saw a sea as calm as this. Time on the water was about 1½ hours and distance paddled was just short of 4 kilometres.
It might be nearly the end of September, and autumn may have just started, but it was still pretty hot in the sun by 10.00am.
