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Weather today near me5/14/2024 We had quite a few preparations to do: dinghy up to the fuel dock to get some jerrycans of diesel and water, haul up the dinghy to deflate it and tie it up on deck deflate the sup-board cook a few passage meals. Susan would not join us and would stay in Sardinia a bit longer. Together with s/y Wilma and Vaare we had decided to set off around 3pm in the afternoon. When we woke up there were again rain clouds in the sky but the wind and swell forecast was allright for the crossing. The stormy weather made for a beautiful sunset ![]() A few hours later we had gathered our 7 bags of shopping… How the hell were we going to get these on the bus? After an espresso we were ready for our big shop. As it was lunchtime, we treated ourselves to another meal out (pizza ofcourse!). We got off near the center of the town and had a look around. The other passengers were obviously all beach-goers and the service was not meant for transporting bags of shopping. We were lucky and the bus arrived exactly on time! Unfortunately it was not a proper bus but rather a small minivan with very cramped seating for about 10 people. So the next day we waited at the busstop (we hoped) about 15 minutes before the indicated timeschedule, ready for a big shop. According to the website the bus came once an hour. The busstop had no indication other than painted lines and the word BUS on the tarmac opposite the marina office. It looks pretty peaceful here but just behind it was an extremely busy beach. ![]() Near the marina was a lagoon with flamingos. A bit too much in the August heat so we were glad there was a busservice. The center of the town, with supermarkets, was a good 45 minutes walk up a hill. On the internet I had seen that there was a summer shuttle which would go past the marina and via several nearby beaches to Villasimius town. We even had some lunch in a nearby restaurant: a real luxury as we’d not eaten out in over a month! For €14 we were able to do all our washing of the past few weeks. In the end, they had to leave the binbags in their dinghy to get rid of another time.īut luckily, we had managed to drop our rubbish in the bins without any issue and were pleased to find a laundromat very nearby. We did not encounter any marina staff on any of our visits ashore, but our friends on Kittiwake, who were at the time in the same anchorage, were told to pay €10 to drop their rubbish in the marina bins! When they replied that in that case they would just carry the rubbish outside of the marina to find a bin there, they were told they still had to pay €10. So we could easily sneak in with our rubbish bins and shopping bags. There were a lot of rental boats and boats organising dive tours in the large marina, which meant there were always people walking back and forth with bags etc. It did mean you had to hop on land via some rocks but this was a small inconvenience. There was no official dinghy dock in Villasimius marina but there was a wooden fence alongside one of the floating pontoons which was perfect for tying up the dinghy out of the way. The busy and large marina of Villasimius.
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