| Datum: | 3-06-2016 Viveiro (Vivero) | | | | Wednesday 01-06-2016
We get up at seven o'clock, take a quick shower, put the gate key in the post-box at the harbour office and leave Ribadeo. Breakfast we’ll have on the way. It is low tide and that means once more we have to closely follow the lane. And as usual: little or no wind, so it looks we are going to have another engine-driven journey. It is not quite clear what the weather is going to be; dark clouds hang over the mountains. The swell is again very annoying, which really rocks the boat. We get a funny feeling in our tummies and wished we had taken the time to have a bite to eat. We’ll remember that for the next time! I stays cloudy, most of all at the coast, but sometimes a little bit of sunlight peeks through. And during the day the weather gets better. We don’t see too many boats, just one big Dutch tanker lies at anchor. When we near the river, we have the tide with us (high). Calmly we sail into the bay and peer what is the best place to berth. Since we are the only boat around, so we can have our pick! When the depth gauge hits 4 metres, we drop anchor with about 50 metres of chain. This must be enough, our draught is 1.80 metres. And thus we have left enough to not run aground at low tide. It is always a bit exciting if the anchor will hold on this surface, which is unknown to us. And since we want to stay here for a number of days, we want to be quite sure we are well attached! We keep the instruments running and write down the GSP coordinates for a couple of subsequent hours to check if the anchor holds. Fred wants to be really sure, so he goes into the water. The water temperature is certainly not at summer-level, so he puts on his diving suit. Unfortunately, the water is too dark to see the anchor. Luckily by now the sun shines brightly and Fred can warm up.
We have a view of and enormous beach with the town in the background, where a handful of people stroll along; some of them even venture into the water! A few moments later we enjoy the warmth and the sun in our ‘birthday suits’. A drink, some nibbles, what more do we want? We can dine ‘al fresco’, but soon after it gets cooler. A bit of relaxing and the day is through. The pc stays on, to allow us to see if the anchor has moved during the night. At AIS you see our movements very clearly, it looks like a knitting!
Thursday 02-06-2016
Fred is always up at 8:00 for his business, but I always like to turn over in bed. Certainly today, since Kit was poking around pretty early and kept me out of my sleep. I can’t stay too long in bed though, my friend Mila has promised to call me. Fred wakes me in time with a cup of tea and a piece of baguette with sprinkles, isn’t he the sweetest guy! It was good to talk to Mila again. In the morning, Fred keeps himself busy with ‘work-things’ and I do some administration, write the blog, pump out the water that was under the floor and clean up a bit. The weather is as usual: cloudy, dark, chilly. Apparently that is the usual weather here, because in the beginning of the afternoon it brightens up. I make a potato/cold salmon salad, a recipe from my mother, and we enjoy it with a glass of white wine, some baguette and the sun on our faces. It is a pity the water isn’t warm enough to swim in, otherwise we could take a dive. The rest of the day we mess about a little, read something, go on with the blog, work and so on. Tomorrow we take the dinghy to the town.
Friday 03-06-2016
In the bay we have a beautiful view of the beach and the boulevard with the mountains in the background, while dark clouds hang over them. Apparently it is always more dark and cloudy in the morning here, because, again, in the afternoon it clears up. Still no other boats in this lovely bay, delightfully peaceful! In the course of the morning we hoist the dinghy into the water and sail into town. Our waterproof rucksacks with us, as well as the garbage of the last few days and of course our walking boots. From where we berth it is more than 15 minutes sailing and on the way we see fishes jumping up from under water. It won’t be a matter of time we don’t have to buy our fish! We find a good spot with a slope where we can berth de dinghy and tow him up as high as possible. It is low tide now, but not for long. First we have a nice cup of coffee, nowadays we drink big black mugs without milk and put our walkies on. We stroll around the old part of town and pass by a large shop where they sell frozen fish products. That’s where we will buy a nice piece of fish for tonight on our way back. It is a nice, quaint little town, the old part, that is, with pendent balconies and narrow streets with bars, eateries and shops. The temperature is rising and we see on a thermometer that it is even 22 degrees C. !! There are still not many tourists and we really stick out with our rucksacks. In addition, we are of course much taller than the average Spaniard; over here they are all mini-people. We buy the customary postcards, take some pictures, of course our “Frits & Gonny”-pictures and look for a nice place to lunch. We see the familiar sign with ‘Menus de dìa’ for € 10,00 and again it seems a good idea. Because we don’t quite understand what the waiter tells us, we choose some dishes randomly and let him surprise us.
That works out well! The local croquettes are delicious, the mixed tuna salad too and the main courses aren’t bad either. Of course this screams for a bottle of wine, but it is not clear if this is within the ‘Menus de dìa’ or that we have to pay extra. For a moment we fear that we have to pay the jackpot for the wine, I saw some wines on the menu for about € 29…. But it is not as bad as that, we had this wonderful lunch for € 20,60 which included a bottle of very good red wine!
We put the postcards in the mail and walk to the fish trade, where we buy an immense amount of large shrimps for under
€ 8,00. Then it is to the “Gadis”, where we buy another two big water bottles and supplies for a few days. With full backpacks we walk to the dinghy and sail "home".
We sit outside and wave friendly to the people on small fishing boats, who come to glare curiously at us, oddballs. Complete the blog, make dinner and then sag out. Tomorrow we go on, so it is bye-bye-to-bed.
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| | | 3-06-2016, reactie van Enrique | Hallo vrinden is lekker in galicia hier is kuit noot weer geweest in nederland hier is alles goed hoop bij juli ook groetjes Enrique en Carla
ik kanje ni op SKYP je doet niks mee of kaan het niet .
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| | | | 4-06-2016, reactie van Paula Burger | Hallo Fred en Caroline, heb inmiddels al vele verhalen ontvangen en gelezen van jullie. Vind het wel een hele belevenis voor jullie, maar gelukkig gaat alles nog steeds goed en genieten jullie enorm ondanks de weersomstandigheden die er zijn en komen. Door alle overstromingen hier in europa, Nederland in het zuiden, Duitsland in het westen en zuiden waar rivieren over hun oevers treden ziet het er nog niet goed uit voor vakantie. Gelukkig wordt het volgende week beter. Wens jullie een goede verdere vaart met leuke uitstapjes bij de havens die je aan doet. groetjes Paula. PS ik heb al eerder iets gestuurd aan jullie niet ontvangen?
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