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July 24, 2016 in England ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Up at 1:30am after a difficult 5 hours sleep. Off to the airport in a bit. Reminds me of working nights, that sickly under slept feeling where you feel like you need to take your eyeballs out of yourRead more
Terminal 1
July 24, 2016 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Security was a lot quicker than i expected we had fast track but there where no queues anyway. Getting a last full english breakfast before checking out the many shops. I often wonder if theyRead more
Monzon De Campos
July 24, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
At our first hotel, a nice stopover in a little village just off the A67 near Castilla. Got a nice Estrella Galicia cervesa grande in front of me and Marie has a nice iced Tinto de Verann. Just wokeRead more
Tordesillas
July 25, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Stopped for a driving break and found a lovely "beach" bar by the river with a cold drink and a cool breeze and real sand.
Justin's flat in Caceres
July 25, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
40 degrees outside but a combination of air con and fans are keeping us cool. Flat is great with a good balcony to sit outside amd take in the views. We are heading into the old town soon for a littleRead more
Caceres old town 1st night
July 26, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Justin took us down to the old town last night and we had a nice drink in the 'La Plaza Mayor' before wandering around the old town itself, beautiful buildings from many different cultures. There wasRead more
Virgen de la montant santuario
July 26, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 38 °C
Visited this lovely spot this morning after picking up Ollie. Views over Caceres are fantastic much better than it looked on Google street view. It's a very peaceful place if you needed to get awayRead more
Trujillo
July 27, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
Spent a little while this morning watching a health and safety nightmare in the school opposite, a builder balancing on a pallet which was hanging from a crane while they unloaded massive floor tilesRead more
A Guarda
July 28, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
After a long long drive we finally arrived in A Guarda and our hotel the Hotel Convento de san Benito. First impressions are that its fabulous. The view from window over the harbour couldn't be betterRead more
Benedictus piano bar
July 28, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Car park was like something out of grand theft auto 5 in the basement of an old warehouse behind 2 automatic doors. At least the car feels safe in there. Piano bar is part of the old convent buildingRead more
Casa chuppa ovas
July 29, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Restaurants on the promenade are all a bit expensive but we found one recommended on tripadvisor 'Casa Chuppa Ovos' which was great. I had chillied cockles followed by clams in an onion sauce with aRead more
Prior De Morino
July 29, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a nice cup of coffee and a stressful walk around the local Eroski supermarket we found a nice beach on the other side of town overlooking Portugal hoping to go back tomorrow morning for a swimRead more
Ferry to Caminha
July 30, 2016 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Got up this morning and went back down to the beach from yesterday. Mist came in from the sea but it was still nice having a lie on the sand listening to the waves and the cold breeze. We then wentRead more
Festa time
July 30, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Came back to the hotel and right outside our room a concert was being set up. Some kind of fishing festa.
Cies islands
July 31, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Got up early and drove to Baiona were we caught the ferry to the Cies Islands. Lovely day and well suncreamed up we went on the longer walk to the lighthouse at the other end of the island. StunningRead more
Dugium
August 1, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Dugium is the name of our 'Casa Rural' near Fistera. After a nice drive up the coast and through the wine region we diverted to the Cascada de Ezaro wjich was pretty. The hotel is lovely although notRead more
Peppone
August 1, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Found a nice pizza place in Fisterra.
Anela beach
August 2, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Started the day doing our laundry in Fisterra. Our pizza bar was shut so we went to another italian place we found were the menu del dia was only €10 each. I had spag bol marie had carbonara and weRead more
Didn't go to Santiago De Compostela
August 4, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We didn't sleep very well due to the heat so we chose to sleep through our alarm. Went into town to see about getting the later bus but while waiting we decided that Santiago was probably chocca withRead more
Cantabria
August 6, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After Fisterra we did a long drive along the north coast to a place called Valmeo which is near Potes on the east side of the Picos mountains. Our apartment is perfect, so picturesque and hasRead more
fuente de
August 7, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Yesterday we went up the ski lift into the mountains which was nice fantastic views up there and surprisingly hot as well. We only did a short walk but it was nice. We then came back down and had aRead more
Cuevas Soplao
August 8, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today we went down a nearby cave whuch was supposed to start with a train ride but the train was broke it was still ok though as it only takes you a hundred yards so we walked it instead. Cave wasRead more
more Mexican food
August 9, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Last night after trawling around town looking for a place to eat, I don't mean to be funny about the local food but every restaurant had exactly the same menu... cocido lebaniego, entre cote, chuleta,Read more
walking into potes
August 9, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Went on a nice walk into town by the river. Had a well deserved and early cerveca grande followed by another bottle of home brew from la reunion bar. Marie had a white wine and a couple of honeyRead more
