@Rich Nadworny - Unfortunately the default behaviour when entering any board (new or existing) is for the cursor to be in pan/move mode. You will have to manually change to Select (V) mode. This can be quickly done using the V or H hotkey.
I would suggest that you add your comments/vote to this Wish List Idea:
https://community.miro.com/wish-list-32/configure-board-defaults-and-remove-ads-2675
Or you can create your own Wish List category by following the guidelines here: Wish List: Everything You Need to Know.
If you do create a Wish List Idea post, I would also recommend that you post a link to it back here, so that future readers of this post can quickly get to and vote for your Idea.
Lastly, don't forget to vote for your own Idea.
Ah, thanks Robert, I thought so.