Combarro
Y el Monasterio de San Juan de Poio The old fishing village of Combarro is another tourist magnet and we had been looking forward to coming here and to staying at the modern marina, said to have the best showers in these parts. The approach to the marina looks very shallow on the charts, something […]
One night in Raxo…
The tactic for making the most of paying for a night in a marina is to arrive as early in the day as possible and to leave late in the afternoon. We left Portonovo late in the day and were heading to Combarro, which we anticipated would be a highlight this year, but decided to […]
Portonovo (& Sanxenxo)
Another “suprisingly good” place. We had visited Portonovo and adjoining Sanxenxo in the Berlingo before launching Calypso and weren’t expecting too much, but had been at anchor for several days and needed to top up the water tanks and fill the cupboards! Paul called the marina to reserve two berths as it can apparently be […]
Ria de Aldan
………..didn’t disappoint! We had read that Ria de Aldan is a very picturesque place with good beaches, the warmest sea in the area and protected anchorages. Whilst Aldan is open to the North, there are numerous bateas (mussel growing rafts) which temper any incoming swell in calm to moderate Northerlies. We wanted to avoid even […]
Praia Agra
….moving up into Ria De Pontevedra It seemed as though we had become stuck in Ria de Vigo, given that we arrived in Bare Ass Bay (Ensenada de Barra) on 10th May and it was now 20th July, but today we finally escaped Vigo’s delights and moved back North to the Ria oft regarded as […]
Sailing again! Praia Limens
……well, make that motoring again! When we arrived back at San Adrian we had a few days left on our one month contract in the marina. Charles and Di of Astraia were there for a few days having a canvas company from Vigo finish off some side screens for their bimini and we spent a […]
Portugal trip – Part 3
Camping in the Douro Valley On the way back it was our intention to camp in the Douro valley to visit the dramatic landscape within which the vineyards for port and wine production are situated. we had then intended to relocate a little more to the North to visit Guimaraes and Braga.However we had stayed […]
Portugal trip Part 2
Sailing with Farr Horizon and camping After the wedding of the year we headed back to Farr Horizon. Rick and Debbie had very kindly offered to take us to some of their favourite places along the Algarve coast and we spent another nights aboard. After that we would camp our way up through Portugal and […]
Portugal road trip and wedding
…….and a trip on a superyacht! When we were asked last year to “save the date” for our god-daughter’s wedding we decided that this, along with a camping trip through Portugal would be our mid-season break, rather than our usual trip home. We had arranged for our great friends, Rick and Debbie, to base their […]
Road Trip -Tui & Porto
We had returned to San Adrian and booked in for a month as we were traveling to the wedding of our god daughter, Kathryn, at Vilamoura on the Portuguese Algarve in a couple of weeks time. We caught 2 buses back to Xufre on Illa Arousa and collected our Berlingo car/van, which had been left […]