SARAH SMITH
FAMILY AFLOAT PART IV
Top left: Fishing
PORTOSIN
for tuna.
Bottom left: Cape
From Playa de Aguieira, we moved a
at anchor in the Ria
little further (a whole mile) along the
de Muros. coast to Club Nautico Portosin – a
Above right: Sunset
friendly and very swish marina with
over Portosin.
good WiFi internet access (if I knelt in
RH Page
the cockpit with a towel over my head)
Top: A view of the and a Volvo parts distributor.
anchorage in Baiona
Bethany and Bryn bumped into friends
with the castle in the
that they had met while on the dinghy
background.
Bottom: Playing
sailing course in Crosshaven and added
on deck on the way
‘ping-pong’ to their list of skills. We
to Baiona. caught up briefly with Flor Long and his
crew on Miss Demena who were passing
through on their way to Baiona after
sailing from Kinsale via the Scillies.
Just before coming into the Ria de Muros
MUROS SANTIAGO DE
we were surrounded by a shoal of little Muros was particularly fascinating with
COMPOSTELA
crabs just below the surface of the water, fish being landed when we got there, lots We caught the bus to Noia and then
each one about 5cm across and swimming of fish stalls and a huge orange salvage another on to Santiago de Compostela,
(sideways) like crazy. tug. David drooled over this for ages and home to the huge and very impressive
tried in vain to explain at great length cathedral of St James the Apostle. There
RIA DE MUROS
to anybody who would listen how it all were lots of pilgrims with distinctive
After entering the Ria de Muros we worked, until thirst drove us away to find walking sticks, gourds (to hold water)
anchored off the beach at Ensenada de a bar. We also added squid cooked in and scallop shells (to drink from), like a
San Francisco where we took the dinghy its own ink to the list of foods we have scene from Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
in to the beach to swim and sunbathe. experienced. Beth and Bryn thought it Real pilgrims do wear sandals.
The next morning we moved further into was great when their teeth turned black,
the Ria, past hundreds of huge mussel while I am still trying to get the stains
NOIA
rafts, to Muros, a busy town with a out of their T-shirts. Noia was so pretty we went back for
fishing harbour. We anchored again and more. Once a thriving fishing port, the
went in by dinghy to investigate the town.
PLAYA DE AGUIEIRA
estuary is now silted up, inaccessible
Exploring a new place has developed a After a couple of nights in Muros we to anything but small boats and huge
distinctive pattern. We always do a tour hauled our anchor up out of the stinky shoals of mullet. Supposedly founded by
of the harbour (which involves in-depth black mud and crossed to the southern Noela (daughter of Noah) after the flood,
discussion of the good and bad points of side of the Ria to the beach at Playa de Noia has an ark in its coat of arms. The
each fishing boat and marvelling at the Aguieira (an arduous one hour motor) for children have since done a project on
sheer volume of mullet that seem to live a spot more swimming and toasting on Noah’s Ark and surfed the web for info
in every Spanish harbour), followed by a the beach. We fancied a game of beach on ark designs, Mount Ararat and all
hunt for a bar, supermarket, chandler and cricket, but it was far too crowded. We things ark. The art aspect of the project
internet café. aren’t used to sharing our beaches. was to be a display of two of each of a
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