Diary - Madeira Arrival

Arrived at Madeira.  Up at 6am in my pension accommodation and had a breakfast of cheese and bread and a chat with a Venezualan guest.  I lugged my bags to the ferry which seemed to be miles around the far side of the harbour; found it in the end.  It was a quiet sail across to Porto Santo and Kytie met me off the boat and from there we walked around to the marina where the boat was moored – via the bar and a beer where we were joined by Tracey and Mark Thorpe. 
 
On the boat I got the passage berth which is ideal.  Thorpey has bagged the front cabin and the other two the rear one.  But I am not sharing and can go to bed when I want to.  We went off to the town centre for a couple of beers and cooked a dinner of pasta and tomatoes with salad.