We moved 100 metres :O)

Today, as you know, is the last day of May. We were planning to leave the private marina tomorrow until we discovered they double the mooring prices today! So, we have moved 100m or so to the Port Authority pontoon that doubles its prices tomorrow - when we planned to head off anyway. This pricing policy is crazy. This morning, all the cruisers took off. The private marina has been deserted by good money and good boats and people so what will they gain? Of course it won't be long before the trippers arrive and they will pay the prices as they are on holiday. The Balearic marinas are reknown for sky high prices in June, July and August. We will spend much of  June anchoring until Porto Cristo (Mallorca) where we'll stay at a Port Authority pontoon as I want to visit my long lost cousin who lives there.

I've told you about slime lines? These are the ropes that are anchored to the marina seabed and we use them to keep the Bow from flying about. The rope is retrieved from the water and you walk it up the boat until you have enough rope to run through the mooring roller and onto the cleat to steady the 'nose'. These are called slime lines for good reason. I have a tub of soap with tea tree oil in it especially for washing our hands after handling them - you can imagine what they are exposed to. However, as I picked up the line today I noticed these cute little plants colonising the rope:

They are only a few inches long and seem pretty hardy for such a fragile structure. Those green solar umbrellas perfect for capturing the sunlight diffused in the water - can imagine the fertiliser that is encouraging them to grow here. You can see for yourself the state of the line - it hardly looks like rope! Still it is heartening to see life surviving wherever it happens to be...

And I started off  the sprouting process with some sunflowers seeds today - pictures later!