We spent 3 nights anchored in this tranquil harbour, enjoying the scenic setting and relaxing after the journey from Ibiza. We took a trip on the wooden tram up to Soller town, passing the lemon and orange groves and enjoying some non-coastal scenery. We hit food gold by going on saturday as it was market day and the first thing to greet us as we stepped off the tram was an enormous stall of cakes, breads and pastries. Bingo.
Soller tram
Cakes, yum
After showing a little self restraint we wandered on to soak up the atmosphere of the main square and winding streets of the town, enjoying coffee and ice creams and watching more trams arrive. After another call past the market stalls we returned to the port laden with our purchases only to find our buggy had been stolen from the dinghy. How naive of us to think no one would want our old beaten up Maclarens.
18 April, Formentor
This beautifully calm day was the perfect time to move onwards as we have a date with a new storm sail in Pollensa. The scenery along the coast is stunning, the Tramuntana Mountains reaching to the coast produce dramatic cliffs broken up with small rocky bays and caves. We tried to sail but after spending an hour travelling at 1 knot we put an engine on. Rounding the Cap de Formentor, the most northerly point on Mallorca, we set our sites on Formentor beach as an anchorage. Having visited here 2 1/2 years ago we knew it would be a beautiful place to stop and we were lucky to have only one neighbour far across the bay overnight.
Cap de Formentor
Formentor
19 April, Puerto Pollensa
After enjoying the morning on the beach, which was gradually filling up with day visitors, we headed off with sails up and after hitting 4 knots the wind gradually dropped and so yet again on went an engine. This was only a short hop, and we were kept entertained by the fire service sea planes practising scooping up water and dropping it in the bay. We have anchored here while we wait for the storm sail to be delivered and stock up on more supplies for our trip to Menorca. We are also still waiting to see if Granny, Uncle Robin and Luke will be able to join us.
Bath time in Pollensa
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