42°07.3'N 008°50.5 W Saturday 5th September Bayona (or Baiona)We've had a couple of nice days in Bayona, 2 nights in the Marina Desportiva and 1 and anchor in the bay. I was in search of a laundry, but no luck, except in the very smart Club Nautic Real in the Monte Real - I didn't really feel as an interloper (not moored with the Yacht Club) that I could really hand over my dirty washing to them! Visited a replica of the Pinta, a museum of the ship that re...

42°13.4'N 008°54.4 W Wednesday 2nd September 1 of 2 see prev Playa de Rodas, Isla da Norte, Islas Cies nr BayonaWe had permission to stay here for 3 days. We have spent 5. This is the best of the trip so far. The islands are stunning - 3 little islands, all nature reserves. Isla da Norte (to the north not surprisingly), Isla da Faro (of the lighthouse to the south) and Isla St Martino. The north and south islands are joined by a causeway behind which is ...

42°16.6'N 008°44.1 W Saturday 29th August Moana, Ria de VigoWhile in the Ria de Vigo, we have been to a town called Cangas, the Isla de San Simon, several strange anchorages and the little town of Moana twice, where we are again now, having sat out a windy bit of weather. A couple of pictures put up.. I have mentioned before the Spanish love of statues. Well, this is taking it to extremes. We came across a statue of a learned man, probably an early explor...

Moana, Ria de Vigo then Ensenada de San Simon Wednesday 26th August Spending a few days in the Ria trying still to sort out our permission to visit the Islas Cies. This is harder than getting a Galapagos license! In actual fact the process is not hard, just not well documented or publicised. None of the UK pilots or almanacs seem to have it and even much of the Spanish advice has been a wealth of misinformation. A kind lady at Cangas marina called Bea rang ...

42°15.6'N 008°46.3 W Monday 24th August Sanxenxo Ria de Pontevedra, then Cangas, Ria de VigoSun returned, had a couple more lazy, swimming days in the Ria de Pontevedra off Sanxenxo. The first night we were woken by knocking on our hull, 3 chaps dressed in black in a RIB shining a torch like something out of James Bond. Turned out they were doing a sweep of the bay, someone had reported seeing a man set off swimming during the night who had not re-appeared...