Clot d'es Llamp a bit of a cliffhanger

We hummed and haaaaed about what to do next. The weather forecast was settled for the next few days with wind from the southwest. We felt we hadn't spent much time in Ibiza but were also aware that our friend, Tessa, was due to fly into Palma, Mallorca on the 21st. We didn't want to miss our best opportunity to cross to the next island, and with the crazy weather patterns so far this year we were worried that we might end up having to sail in unfavourable conditions. So, in that manner we persuaded ourselves it would be best to move on. First though we had to get round to our chosen last night anchorage of Clot des Llamp, on the north east corner, ideal as a stepping off point to Mallorca.

We had a go at sailing for a while, but soon had to put the engine back on. The jib came out again though, to speed things along a bit and we enjoyed observing the rock formations to which we assigned animal characteristics. Hence, Isla Tagomago became a diving dolphin and Cabo Roig took the form of a stegosaurus! None of these, however, prepared us for the striking swirls and zig-zags of strata looming vertically above us in Clot des Llamp. The cliffs there dive straight down into the sea, allowing us yachties to anchor amazingly close in to the rocks! The water was so clear Chris was able to direct me to the exact patch of sand in which he wanted to drop the anchor and he watched its kite like descent to its resting place nine metres below!