Algarve Beach Life Diaries

Historically a popular delicacy in the Algarve, it seems that the sardines have had enough...

Now they're trying to sink boats in a crazed bid for revenge.

This week, a catamaran just off Galé beach, near Albufeira, was the most recent recipient of this piscine payback, when a fire forced those onboard to abandon ship!

It started in the sardine store, apparently, which is what led to the suspicion that the scaled avengers were to blame.

Fortunately, only two people were slightly injured, and the rapid response of other recreational craft in the vicinity (a few hundred metres offshore) presumably frightened off any further finned arsonists...

Witnesses claimed that the crew seemed unprepared for the emergency, but who could have foreseen such an event?

If you're planning an Algarve vacation and are tempted to sample some grilled sardines, don't do it on the water...

They're prepared to fight back!