Muros, Sunday

Thursdays Child
Robin & Joanna Minchin
Sun 14 Sep 2014 19:58
42:46.716N
009:03.544W

It was a late start here on the good ship TC. It is not that motivating waking to rain rattling on the deck. The bimini (cockpit sun cover) filled up with rain and we were awoken to the occasional splashing of the water, as the puddle slopped into the cockpit as we gently rocked on our anchor. Thankfully, the weather soon cheered up and by the time we had finished breakfast it was a much nicer day.

A pleasant day of fishing, prawning, swimming, scrubbing, emailing, walking and looking in at shop windows that are closed on Sundays. We had our first visitor who came to look at the weather forecast, he is also heading south on his Warram 34 catamaran but hasn't got his weatherfax sorted yet. Another visitor arrived in the anchorage this afternoon in the form of Leo who is probably in his late twenties and sailing an old wooden Folkboat singlehanded without an engine, but with a large scull. He sailed into the anchorage and used a lead weight to feel his way into a sheltered spot. dropped the sails and launched his anchor. Just like it used to be done.

Sadly the prawning trap hasn't caught any prawns only snails so we will probably dangle it from the bow tomorrow, so it doesn't sit on the sea floor. No school today, but Bol drew them both a prawn for their 'Animal Books' and spent time looking at the sky with the 'Instant Weather Forecasting' book. After a walk around an area of the town we had not explored before we all went for a swim around the boat in the sunshine. To Harry's amusement he spotted a family of prawns living in the space above the rudder and beneath the hull. So maybe that is where we should be hanging the trap!

Fortunately Magnum Classics taste the same whether UK, French or Spanish.