A very short downwind sail this morning across the Ria from Portosin to Muros; so short that we didn't bother with anything but the yankee foresail. We've anchored just off the town and took the dinghy ashore to explore and go food shopping.
It's a really attractive town with some ancient buildings. The ones along the waterfront have covered arched walkways along the front so there are lots of shady (as opposed to dodgy) places to stop for a drink. In the almanac and our pilot book, the harbour doesn't sound at all useful for yachts but we've discovered that a whole new yacht harbour, with shiny pontoons and all the fittings, has just been built. Reading the big sign outside, with our modest grasp of Spanish, this was a 4 million Euros project supported by the EU that began in 2010. It's all ready to go but has a bit of a ghost marina feel to it, only about 4 yachts there; the last hurrah of the false economy. We motored Maunie in to have a look and the marina chap looked very pleased to see us. Less pleased when we turned around and motored out to anchor!
English isn't widely spoken here so shopping is fun. We've enjoyed going to butchers and bakers and working out what's what. Food here is cheap by UK standards and there's excellent choice. The local cheeses, quesos, are good and the cured meats fantastic. We have to admit to not being brave enough to make a purchase in the fish shops – there's a huge range of fish, squid and shellfish but we don't recognise many, let alone know what to do with them.
We'll post some photos when we next get wifi. Tomorrow we're out to sea again but only a 25 mile hop down to the next Ria, Ria Arousa. It's bigger that this Ria so we'll have a few days there we think as the wind forecast looks pretty light into the middle of next week.
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