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July 2021 - May 2024
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  • Doteyboaty
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    Day 23

    Muros

    August 3, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Régal is at the Marina in the lovely town of Muros. We spend a few days here as the weather is inclement. It is much easier to duck in and out of rain showers when you can run instead of row back to the boat. The Marina is in the centre of the town which has lovely old narrow streets to explore. The hills surrounding Muros are covered in Eucalyptus and Pine trees and there is beach 3 minutes walk from the boat. We know now why Liam and Mags Drennan it so much.
    Interestingly the yacht that was the subject of the book ‘Sailing for home’ by Theo Dorga, ‘The Spirit of Oysterhaven’ is in the boatyard here and is for sale. That book inspired us to do the Atlantic crossing 15 years ago.
    In Muros we stock up on food from the nearby shop and market. The fruit and vegetables are so good in Spain; bigger, juicer and way more delicious than any of the perfect looking specimens we get in Ireland. Ruby even says the wild blackberries we pick on our wandering side here are tastier than at home - the sunshine is a magical thing!    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 24

    Feliz Cumpleaños

    August 4, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Today is Colm’s 11th birthday. He usually celebrates his birthday on holidays with lots of his cousins in Kerry so this had to be a good one to make up for the lack of party guests!
    We wake up to rain but rather than it putting a dampener on things it has the opposite effect - guilt free movie watching in bed .
    When Captain America finishes Colm opens the door to his party. The Saloon is decorated with streamers and balloons and there are fresh cakes and croissants from the bakery. He gets cards and lots for presents from the local Chinese- anything-you-need shop. He is especially delighted with a card Nana had snuck onto the boat before we ever departed Cork. There are phone calls full of well wishes and love for the birthday boy.
    As the weather clears we pack up and get a taxi to a huge and beautiful beach. We have a wonderful afternoon playing with his new Chinese beach tennis set and water squirter. There are great waves on the beach and we bodyboard and body surf the afternoon away.
    We all get dressed up when we get home and go out for a delicious dinner in Muros. The celebrations finish off with an ice cream on the waterfront at 10pm. It has been a great birthday for everyone.    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 27

    Ria Muros to Ria Arosa

    August 7, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Today we travel from Ria Muros to Ria Arosa - a journey the four of us did eight years ago on the Re Shuanta with Nana and Grandad (aka Margaret and Donal). There had been a fine swell that day and today was no different.
    Once we get into the Ria the swell calms and we are able to enjoy the beautiful scenery as we head up the bay to an anchorage Ronan has researched.
    We bore the children with memories of being here 8 years ago - none of which they remember. We point out a beautiful white beach with a pine woods that we had spent a day at with Nana and Grandad. Nearby just around a little rocky headland we see yachts and boats at anchor. It’s too perfect to ignore so we abandon our plans and divert through the numerous’ bateas’ (mussel beds) and drop anchor in this magical place called Praia de Cabio.
    Although there are several boats here the little beaches dotted along the shore are quiet. We swim and SUP and have dinner. By 9pm all the other boats have left - we have the place to ourselves.    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 28

    Memory Lane

    August 8, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We dingy into shore and walk on the wooden boardwalk through the pine and eucalyptus woods to find the very spot on Praia de Lombina where we picnicked 8 years ago. We find it and it is just a lovely as we remembered. We pass the campsite which we had planned to holiday in at some point - no need to rent as chalet now since we have returned here equipped with our own comfortable accommodation.Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 30

    Happiness is…

    August 10, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    … being able to jump off the boat and swim. Praia de Cabio is a perfect anchorage for us. There are so many little beaches, rocky outcrops and coves to explore with the SUP, Dingy, Snorkelling and swimming. The fact that the anchorage is inside of a bank of mussel beds makes it feel enclosed and safe. We stay at here for four days going on little adventures in ones, twos, threes and all four of us. In and out of different beaches and sometimes venturing into the woods behind them.
    Most mornings little boats and divers arrive for fishing later they leave and make way for day trippers. We try to get our heads around Spanish time as day trippers only start arriving at about 2pm and they often don’t leave until after 9pm.

    Another curiosity to us about this place is the few naked people who we see wandering around the beaches. It’s great fun looking in at the beach from the boat trying to work out if the person is clothed or not. It’s another matter walking down the beach and coming upon someone, who I can only describe as being aggressively naked.    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 31

    A moment in time

    August 11, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    A little taste of life in action on Régal. And in case you are dying to know the problem with Chorizo is…that it spatters red fat everywhere when it’s on the barbie 😊

  • Doteyboaty
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    Day 32

    Piscinas naturales

    August 12, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We are anchored off the beach in Pobra do Carminal - it is a wonderful setting but we aren’t here for the beach - although we do have a quick dip there on our first evening.
    Our itinerary here was already set in Muros over a week ago.
    We had met an English woman called Maggie who was on a two week sailing holiday in the area. She told us about the Pozas which are freshwater pools and waterfalls in the mountains. I had a good feeling it was a recommendation worth acting on since Maggie and her partner have lived in Galicia for the last twenty years.
    Ronan drops Colm, Ruby and me into town on the Dingy and returns to Régal as he wants to do some catch up work on the boat for the day.
    We get a taxi up into the Hills until the road ended. The taxi man is very friendly and enthusiastic about our trip to the piscinas naturales and points us in the direction of the track. There is a map to show us 7 different Poza locations and remembering Maggie’s advice we headed straight for the one at the very end and at the top. We walk through beautiful Eucalytus and pine Forrest and pass the odd old oak tree.
    It is getting hot and hilly and we hear voices and shouts of glee at nearby pozas. We all start to have doubts that there is any need to pass six perfectly good natural pools to get to another one but I insist we push onwards as that was what Maggie had said to do.
    When we reach number 7 we are greatly rewarded with panoramic views of the valley and sea far below, it is breathtaking. There is cool water flowing down the rocks into an natural infinity pool and we dive in.
    After our scenic swim and picnic we wander down the hill to see the other pools. The view of the bay quickly disappears and we back to the shade and smell of the eucalyptus Forrest. The next pool down is busy and the children favour a quieter spot so we carry on. We come across an unmarked pool and climb down some rocks to get to our own private piscina where we stay for nearly two hours.
    Our final stop on the descent is the busiest place and its easy to see why. 3 large natural pools are interconnected over several hundred metres with cascades and little pools. We travel from one to the other climbing and swimming and sliding.
    We have spent 6 glorious hours here and its time to return to the salty water in the bay.    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 35

    Combarro

    August 15, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We enjoy the change of being tied up at a marina. SUP and dingy tied up, we can step off Régal and wander up the town whenever we want.
    Cambarro is a beautiful town and buses of tourists come to walk through its historic narrow streets that are carved into the rock. The town is famous for ‘horreos’ - old raised stone grain stores. These stone structures are all over Galicia but it is the number of them in town that brings tourists like us to Combarro. There are horreos outside houses, in gardens and allotments and lining part of the shore. We go full tourist on our first evening and eat Paella in the square in the old town.
    I order Albarino, the local white wine which has become my tipple of late. The waitress, when she brings it, takes a wobble and spills it all over Colm- he is drenched in it. Not to worry, the boat is only 5 minutes away so he and Ruby dash back for a hose down and change of clothes while I get served another glass. The benefits of being at docked at a marina.
    Later we get a taste of traditional music with the wandering pipe band - we are in tourist heaven.    Read more

  • Doteyboaty
    Day 35

    Assumption of Mary

    August 15, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We are in Cambarro of the feast of the Assumption of Mary - We don’t attend the celebratory masses but we do enjoy the bangers/ flares they let off at the pier to celebrate. They go off numerous times over several days. We try and figure out a sequence or timing but it seems fairly random so I jump with fright plenty of times as they are let off really close by. Colm makes a great sport of collecting the deprise sticks from the water and has subsequently made weapons with them. We are only delighted to have them spinning around in the small space we inhabit on Régal.
    We spend four days in Cambarro marina, mixing boat business and pleasure. There is a laundrette and supermarket beyond the old town which we visit frequently. We go up the hill with bags of dirty laundry passing the walking tours and day trippers and come back down with a trolley full of shopping and wet laundry - Glamorous it ain’t.
    There is a beach within 5 minutes walk as well a nice cafe with internet and the town is small enough for Ruby and Colm to navigate on their own. It is nice for everyone to go and pursue their own happiness when the jobs are done.    Read more

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