A Coruna and Northern Spain

12th - 18th July 2019

We arrived in A Coruna and had decided to join Nomad and go to a marina for one night.  Dread set in again with the approach to the marina.  It looked like a city, smelt like a city and felt like a city.  This was not quite what we thought a main stop-over for a lot of boats was going be like, but we were committed as soon as the man in the little boat greeted us at the entrance of the marina and directed us to a berth.

A Coruna is a city that like most, it has its beautiful and not so beautiful parts.  The main square just near the marina that houses the the civic offices has many streets leading off of it.  These little streets are not designed for cars, although that doesn't stop the Spanish and the streets are full of little tapas bars.  They are really lovely and give you a true feeling of being in Spain.  The walk though to the beach was nothing to shout about but if you are a big shopper, then this is the place to be.

 We ended up staying 4 nights in the marina.  We are members of the Ocean Cruising Club and this gave us a discount on the rate (which we weren't aware of until we paid), so the bill wasn't so mouth watering.  Matt & Anna are staying here, having decided they would leave Nomad here for the duration of their employment period on the super yacht that starts in September.  A great price for the annual berth at £2500 for a 46' yacht.

We'd decided to cross the bay and anchor in Mera, a little village that had a couple of awesome beaches.  We are still getting used to the Spanish culture who only visit the beaches from about 4pm onwards.  With the beach to ourselves and my love of beach-combing I was in my element.

This was also the first time we got our paddle board out.  Neither of us have done it before so this was going to be a laugh.  We both managed to stand up though and paddle for a little way.  I was too scared to fall in the water, not because of getting wet but the Atlantic water is cold, very cold!!  Mera only has a bank, supermarket and hairdressers but best of all it has a little tapas bar on the beach, great for a cold beer when you're hot on the beach.  A beautiful tranquil place, only a 30min sail from A Corona and just what we were looking for.  We stayed for 3 nights and then got ourselves ready for our next passage to Corme & Camerinas.