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 […]
More Ria de Vigo Part 1
San Adrian de Cobres, Moaña and Limens See Part 2 After leaving Baiona we headed to the marina at San Adrian de Cobres (SAdC), then went to the marina at Moaña, on to anchor at Ensenada de Limens, back to Moaña and back to SAdC. In this log we will recount both visits to SAdC […]
Baiona
Not quite as expected…….. We had long anticipated our visit to what is supposed to be one of the jewels of the Rias Baixas. We found the peninsula housing the castle, Parador and Monterreal Yacht Club to be amazing – but sadly the town did not live up to our high expectations…………… The journey from […]
Illas Cies – paradise!
in company with a crowd…… Over the winter we had obtained our permit to visit the islands of the Parque Nacional Marítimo Terrestre de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia. The website, with information on the different islands plus permit application is HERE We left Cangas in very light winds to travel 7 nm to Illas Cies, […]
Cangas, Ria de Vigo
…..and a visit to Pontevedra We had heard that the outer pontoons in the marina can get very rolly from ferry wash and so decided to anchor off the beach for a few days, and headed the short 3.5 nm across the ria from Vigo. We anchored off the beach in around 5.5m plus rise […]
City Break In Vigo
Shopping, Swimming and Sightseeing A stay at Real Club Nautico Vigo After our very brief stay in Ensenada de Barra we headed in to the big city of the Rias Baixas. Adam had to fly home for a few days and we went to keep Lynne company. Well, that was our excuse for a bit […]