Ria Arosa Saturday

Thursdays Child
Robin & Joanna Minchin
Sat 27 Sep 2014 21:20
42:36.510N
008:52.639W

Cabo Cruz, Ria de Arosa

We heard the most exciting sound late this morning about 200m from the boat, much to everyone's delight it was a dolphin. For the rest of the day we were able to spot the pod, on and off, in various areas of the anchorage.

Harry and Bol finished Shrimp Trap II and we all spent the afternoon on 'Minchin Island'. Harry lay the trap in a spot he thought looked good, then we all snorkelled to the other side of the Island, returning to a sheltered rock for tea and hot chocolates and drying off/warming up in the hot evening sunshine. We attempted the summit but were beaten back by a large number of large spiders, we retreated rather rapidly, deciding against an ascent with bare legs ~ we were all rather twitchy by the end! This photo, sadly rather out of focus, was taken for Margaret in preparation for her impending Australian trip, just to get her in practice of large spiders......

A wonderful email from Mrs Shynn at school in response to our questions; how do dolphins sleep, and what/how does phosphorescence work. We were really delighted to receive the answers, thank you. It is 1030pm and Harry had the idea to go on deck and check the exact colour of the phosphorescence as it is nice and dark outside. It was green!

Last night here sadly, it is the most beautiful anchorage, but with no wind we reckon it is safe to visit the Islas Cies tomorrow, a national park outside Bayona which is very exposed. We leave at first light and hope to catch the tide & wind back down the Ria.






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