We left La Coruna on Wednesday 17th June after a 3 night stay. We headed down the coast to Camarinas. When we arrived the wind was picking up and over the following day this increased to 30 knots + in the marina. This meant that we could not get off our pontoon, so our stay in Camarinas was a bit longer then we had anticipated. Camarinas is very much a small fishing port with some shops and a few bars and restaurants. There are a few picturesque bays where you can anchor and this is an ideal and inexpensive place for a stopover, or even to spend a bit of time at anchor within a picturesque bay.

We left Camarinas on Monday 22nd June to head further down the coast to Bayona. The sail down was a bit rough with the wind directly on our nose, the scenery on the way was outstanding, a lot of people we have met say that this area is the best sailing area that they have ever sailed. Bayona marina is superb, the view from our berth is outstanding, the staff are very helpful and everything is here that is needed, this is a great place for a stopover and we are both a bit sad to be leaving but the weather is a bit unsettled at the moment so we have decided to go while we can. We spent two nights in the marina and the third night at anchor just outside the marina in the bay. We were both a bit apprehensive at first about anchoring overnight but once into it we both really enjoyed the experience and we will be anchoring whenever possible. When leaving in the morning Young Debs managed to get the electric cable for the remote control that operates the anchor completely tangled within the windless, this was corrected but only after causing more damage to an already shredded the cable. We are now leaving North Spain and heading for our next port which is Leixoes in Portugal.