But first of all I had to go to the bakery on my own to get some bread rolls for our dinner and when i got there i had to speak some Spanish and the lady behind the counter did understand me.we went to the bakery because we thought we could have a picnic whilst we were planning on being out for most of the day. When I got back to the boat Jo and I started to make the sandwiches which had various different combinations for all of us.
We then set off on our journey in the car going higher and higher up the hills until we were higher than the clouds and we got up to 900 meters, there were not much straight roads either they were all extremely bendy and it was as if we were in a computer game. But I thought there were some good views of mount Teide on Tenerife from in the car driving along the road.
I think that La Gomera is much nicer than Tenerife because it is much greener and has more plants, also when you look up the hill sides you can see lots of the terraces from where they used to farm and you could see that there had been a lot of work been put in so that the island could grow its own food.
We then reached Playa Santiago where we drove around and found the marina, we had a quick look around and then got back in the car to go and find the beach were we planned on staying for the rest of the day.
After driving around for a while going up and down the roads we got to the beach Playa del Medio and by the time we got there it was boiling hot, so we went and found a place with some shade underneath some of the cliffs and we settled in nicely.
We each took it in turn to go snorkelling as we didn’t take much kit with us, I went in first in the sea and I was shortly joined by Dad, then Dad got out and Sean got in, we both then got out and Jo went in.
We found that the water wasn’t very clear close to the beach and that you had to swim further out and when you did you could see the sea bed and it must have been at least fifteen meters deep, there was also a few different fish swimming about as well and Jo saw a Cuttle fish which has a skirt like fin which makes it look like a hover craft skimming along the bottom of the sea bed
After we all dried off we just lounged around on the beach for a while reading our books.
We then got back in to the car and headed back to the boat so we all could get showered and changed and on the way back there were more spectacular views of the sea and Tenerife.
Sean and I are going to make the tea tonight to give the usual chef (Dad) a break after he has been driving us around most of the day. We are planning on making spaghetti carbonara, but spaghetti and pesto for Jo.
Alex Penney
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