Bayona 3
Magnetic Attraction
Roger and Margaret Pratt
Fri 10 Jul 2009 08:50
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This morning we went cycling, before the wind got
up, over to the other side of the bay. Apart from a couple of hills
(particularly at the end) it was all on the flat; cool and really
pleasant. Roger was moved to take a photo of me looking like a tropical
brown Wasp, comprehensively shaded by my hat.
 Tomorrow we plan to move on to Cangas, at anchor,
and to meet Dave and Suzanne on Suzie Too. We paid a major visit to Eroski
to top up on food - and they had fresh milk! (Little things become very
important, let me tell you! I clearly haven't enough to worry
about!)
Have been reflecting on Bayona. It's a
holiday town, of course, and still in low season. There are obvious
programmes designed to provide employment and improve the environment - the
visible ones are for men. Laying payments, improving the streetscape
etc. Lots of very young babies, as well - suspect that there isn't much
employment now for women either. The other reflection is cultural, and
about risk management. Adherence to the same health and safety directives
that the whole EU is signed up to is very different here - for example we walked
round the Monte Real ramparts there were no railings to stop you dropping off
the back - and precious few warning notices. It's refreshing really to be
allowed to apply commomn sense. But it may also be about levels of
investment and affordability - it's noticeable that there are nothing like the
numbers of buoys and aids to navigation that we would expect further north,
including in France. Preliminary observations at this stage - further
research is ongoing!
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