Portosin 42 45 94N 08 56 91W
Web Log of Yacht Archangel
Mike Walsh
Wed 20 Jul 2011 22:37
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Apologies to our Blog Readers who thought we had been closed down
... At last we have Internet Access again... (though to hear the Chief Comms Officer complaining about having, here in Layshoinsh, (get your Portuguese books out...Now!) to sit on the back of the cockpit seat in a howling gale with one hand holding the computer above his head, carefully angled towards a small window in the marina ofice 100 yards away, whilst trying to type with the other, you would think it was a bad thing! Some people just never stop moaning...) However, we can categorically state that Port O' Sin did not live up to its name... maybe its because we visited it on a Sunday... and the Church bells played Ave Maria every 15 minutes... it's true! Alas, Port O' Sin it is not... at least as far as we could tell - and we looked pretty hard!. An hours gentle sailing up a very pretty Ria (Windmills of the electric kind and managed forestry excepting - same as most other Rias really...) brings you to the sadly misnamed town which bears more resemblance to Little Muckleford on a Monday Morning than Sodom and Gomorrah on a Saturday night... definitely no need for an Inquisition here... One night was enough and we set off down the Ria again bound for... |