It was a gorgeous morning, so we quickly decided that there
was no hurry to rush into the marina and agreed to stay that night in this
fabulous spot. We had read that there was a nice medieval village just up the
Ria so dropped the dinghy in and went to explore – we totally love having such
a great rib and 20 horses and we whizzed across the bay and up the Ria to
Pountedume in 10 minutes. We tied up on a slip way right in the centre of town
and headed to find the castle we had seen on the way in. what a fabulous little
spot – we loved the old guys sitting out on the wharf who tried to tell us the
water would go away – bless them! We found a great spot for the a fab lunch yet
of pulpo, homemade croquettas, and pork with a bottle of Albarino for Euro 26
We headed back to Askari before the water left the tender
high and dry, we popped in to the beautiful little town of Reddes on the way
back – it really looked strangely like an Cornish Village in the sunshine. Then
we had a very relaxing afternoon reading in the sun, sat on our bean bags in a
beautiful setting…. Yes this was a great spot!
We had made plans to meet up with Lee & Andrew in A
Coruna and go to Santiago de Compostella on Friday so on Thursday morning when
the day started out grey we thought we’d head into the Marina – just 8 miles
away.
We had heard that both marinas in Coruna were subject to
swell but we had not ever seen anything like this when we arrived – the fleet
of fishing boats and all manner of other boats charge through the place at top
speed creating a total washing machine. We looked at Marina Coruna and thought
no and then approached Real Club Nautico to be met by the Marinero who showed
us to a berth where both yachts on either side and the pontoon were moving at
least a foot up and down. I have no idea how Andrew managed to stay calm and
reverse Askari in. She is quite a lot heavier than the other boats so didn’t
move as much – but even so we really were not very happy. However, it does ease
off over night and is in a great spot so we decided to stay (Andrew reluctantly
– he moaned most of the day I had dragged him from his perfect calm anchorage
to this…..).
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