2 August Muros - How sad is this?
Magnetic Attraction
Roger and Margaret Pratt
Sun 2 Aug 2009 20:48
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Haven't written for a couple of days. Go, go,
go!
Left Vilanova on Friday late morning, as the sea
breeze began to fill in. It was 35 miles to Muros. With flat seas
and fine weather, Roger had elected to take the difficult passage round the
headland: through the Canal de Sagres, rather than the longer journey out to sea
round the Island. It was rocky and there were some serious heeby jeebies
and blue air as it appeared that there were more unchartered rocks right in the
middle of the passage. But in fact the location of the rock proved to be
an optical illusion and all was safe and very well done. Past Aguino, and
then some more rock-hopping before we could bear off towards the Ria de
Muros.
  The swell was uncomfortable on a dead run, and
despite tacking downwind I felt decidedly queasy. The Pavlov's Dog effect
kicked in and I went to sleep. The core competence is still active and
effective!
 Arrived in Muros at about 5.30pm and anchored off
the town, near Richard and Wendy in Myrica. They had sardines and
barbecued them for supper - very tasty. Yesterday (Saturday) we bought and
cooked crabs and I made a crab thermidor from memory - it was very tasty despite
my forgetting at the last minute to include the shallots! I used dijon
mustard, paprika, lemon juice, white wine and cheese. This morning Wendy
found the recipe on the BBC food website, and the ingredients were correct,
although my quantities were much greater than the list
suggested.
Today we all went cycling. We cycled to the
ensanada San Fransciso at the entrance to the Ria, and then were given
instructions by a very helpful man by the beach on how to get to the petroglifs
at Laxe do Rochas. The views were spectacular and we had a splendid picnic
before cycling on and returning to Muros via green lanes and small
villages. We only did 8.5 miles but the hills were steep and it felt like
a lot further!
 Since we arrived in Muros Roger has been exercised
by his inability to access wifi when Myrica appears to have no problem.
Detailed research and experimentation into causes has been undertaken.
Experimentation culminated with an excursion in the dinghy mit laptop to assess
where the strongest signals were located. No doubt the photos will later
appear in Richard and Wendy's blog. Arising from the experiment, Roger
repositioned the anchor, guided by Richard's advice on where the signal is
strongest. How sad is this! But it has made not a happorth of
difference - we're still a signal free zone!
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