Thursday - 28 June 2018

The officers of Equinox (that’s us) and the crew of Equinox (that’s also us) met to plan the day. There was a great deal of cleaning to be done, and relatively little food left, so it was agreed that the crew would be encouraged to complete the work by the offer of dinner out in the town. All parties happily set to their jobs, Tricia mostly inside the boat, while I was outside. We dropped in on Pedro, the marina manager to finalise arrangement with him, and asked for his recommendation of a restaurant. He obliged and also insisted on making us a reservation. He said that it was a festival today, the feast of San Pedro, and we might struggle to get a table without booking. We had seen signs of activity going on, decorative lights had been put up in the streets and a fair was setting up. Pedro said we should expect a disturbed nights sleep.

Knowing that the restaurants only start serving late, we rested a bit in the afternoon, and managed to watch most of the first half of England’s match before we left. The food was good and I think typically Galician, including a delicious fish carpaccio as a starter, and a cross between creme caramel and an omelette for dessert. By the time we left the restaurant at about 10:30, the fiesta had not really got going. The fairground was largely empty, with just younger children on the rides.

During the afternoon, 2 large trucks had shown up and parked opposite each other. When they opened up, each had a stage for musicians. One was going strong by the time we passed, with initially a backing band playing, but this soon gave way to a group of 5 singers / dancers who were performing in the style of a boy band. Folks of all ages we watching and a handful of older couples were dancing in the space between the stages. I suspect that they were playing modernised versions of classic songs as I could see some of the locals singing along. We watched for a while before heading back to the boat. We were still easily able to hear!

The music went on until about 04:30 in the morning, so Pedro was right.  

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	731	nautical miles
Distance covered 2018	1451	nautical miles

Steve (and Tricia)