Río Condomiñas

It is so lovely to wake up at anchor and smell the eucalyptus. We are surrounded by hills that are covered in forests of eucalyptus and pine. At the foot these hills are long sandy beaches and the town of Cedeira. We dingy into the town to explore the beaches and Restaurants. After a feed of Pizza, Ruby and I go on a walk up the hill out of Cedeira and through the woods to get to the viewing point and lighthouse. We soak in the views of the sea and the trees as much as we can but it is hard to take it all in.
We find that most of people in the town and indeed on this remote walk are wearing face masks and so we do the same. We remove it to breath in the fresh air and beautiful eucalyptus smells and to cool down when no one is around. Later we see a man wearing a mask while fishing off the pier alone, we see a whole rowing crew, rowing in this heat - all wearing masks. This is the norm here in Spain and so we adapt and are happy to comply.
We return to the town in time for our booking in the free water bouncy castle.The Bouncy castle we are told has been provided for by a political party - we just hope it isn’t the fascist one that the locals have organised marches against! We go for our first taste of tapas in a local restaurant and sample some of our favourites - Calamari and Pimentos de Padron.
The next day I tackle some daunting plumbing while Colm Ruby and Ronan go to a lovely remote beach under the eucalyptus forest. When they get back we all jump into the water for a swim. There is nothing like it to wash away the previous few hours of frustrating and dirty work.Read more