Menorca

Menorca is a good place to recharge batteries. I've been continuing a very simple life: some exercise, some work, occasional human contact. The borderline hermit life is restful. The shops are a long enough cycle away to encourage self sufficiency with what you have. The coastal paths are wild and empty. It's an island...

I'd been hoping to sail continuously - that is whenever possible - and just doggedly push on through winter. But that isn't how it's worked out.

Once onto the North Spanish coast progress really slowed. A combination of factors caused that:

Two months to go and I head somewhere warm and sunny?! Whilst Menorca may not be very Norway-like, it does give the opportunity to link up with friend and talented inventor John Clark. The fruits of our labour will be revealed shortly! In the meantime here is a short video of the sort of flat and easy conditions that I anticipate will almost never be experienced on the actual expedition route.