A blow by blow (or calm by calm) account of a sailing trip from Portsmsouth to Gibraltar and Barcelona, returning via the Canal de Midi.

Saturday 22 May 2010

Going South

We rounded Cape Finisterre today so are now firmly Southward bound.  The weather continues wonderful and getting hotter.  Until today we've had some really good favourable winds.  Today we had none and had to motor, but oh well. 

We're enjoying exploring the Galician rias (in Ria de Muros now).  You could easily spend months here.  The scenery in the north is very rugged indeed (it's apparently known as the Costa de Muertos!), but it has slowly got softer as we've gone round, and is now green rolling hills around large, fairly sheltered inlets.  Lots of fishing still, and lots of seafood to be eaten.  It's tough out here!

Val in control!

2 comments:

  1. Sounds idyllic - and you don't have to visit Porin~o. You'll get some good vinho verde as well once you cross the Minho. We've had a few days of 25 degrees+ here, which makes a nice change. We're off to the Lake District with all the family next week, so hope the good weather continues. Hope you return to GB before the Tory's immigration quotas begin to bite - you might look too brown to get back in. Regards,

    Chris & Margaret

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  2. Sorry have been poor at blogging on up to now. See that there wasnt much comment on the Biscay leg - would have been in green script if so I guess.
    Glad that you are making such good progress.
    Interesting that the new government immediately brought good waather to UK and to at least your corner of Europe

    Buen viaje!

    Colin and Katharine

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