October 2017, Sanlucar/Alcoutim far up the Rio Guadiana (the border river between Portugal and Spain).
There's a little sailor's paradise up there, away from the sea on the navigable river. Either side has a dock although many cruisers simply anchor in the river, which is tidal and so changes direction a couple times per day.
Many sailors have sprouted roots here, in either of the towns or buying up dirt cheap surrounding farmland that has been abandoned due to drought and wildfire risk.
Some boats have been moored in the river a long time, solar panels and batteries removed and mounted on more or less improvised buildings ashore.
Sailors getting stuck here for years talk of "Guadiana glue".
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