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The first of the “Faraway Islands” and our first taste of “creative parking” squeezing 13 yachts onto a small length of quay.

Ericoussa is definitely off the normal “Tourist Trail” and seems to get few visiting yachts.

We are of course right at the start of the season and things haven’t got going yet. 

We find one small shop with a restaurant attached but the restaurant appears to be closed. “Are you open tonight? Or lets put it this way, if we bring 40 people up here tonight will you be open?” 

“Of course we will be!” Thats someone’s season off to a good start!

I take a wander into the interior and come across a very distinguished looking ram that was a bit edgy. Luckily he was tied up so I could get around him without giving him a chance to take too much offence!

Walking around from the quay towards the village there is another stone pier that juts out into the harbour. This is used by the local ferry when it comes in but I think you could tie up there side to. It is, however, a bit more exposed than the quay.

By the pier is the port office and here a road goes off away from the shoreline. If you take this a short walk brings you out on the other side of the penninsular.

Here another road on the left hairpins back up the hill to the heliport which overlooks the harbour and allows you to look down on the village and the harbour.

Whilst looking around up here I had a falcon come past just below me, a lovely sight and of couse as is usual with such encounters , the camera wasn’t ready..