Ron: Saturday 22nd Left Potes and made our sinuous but beautiful way back along the gorge to the coast. Made better progress than anticipated so carried on past Santander to Islares. The campsite is situated between looming mountains and the sea. As we pitched paragliders floated over our heads. Eagles and vultures were using the same thermals. The local town of Orinales is accessible by beach at low tide. There is a big tidal range, the beach by the campsite reduces to the size of a tablecloth at high tide. There are thousands of small crabe exposed on rocks by the falling tide which are great fun to try and catch. We has excellent tortillas in the cafe overlooking the small harbour which was excellent. This is another very Spanish family oriented site with late meals ... read more

After 20 minutes in the scorching sunshine we finally managed to work out how to use the parking meter and then entered the Guggenheim Museum, an impressive structure of titanium and glass, itself a stunning piece of art. The exhibits inside are equally stimulating, some on a huge scale. Definitely worth the visit. We then sped along the coast to a campsite near Comillas. It was a very spanish famiy oriented site. The nearest beach was a short cycle ride away. The actual town of Comillas was buzzing with a local festival. Comillas features a Gaudi built house. ... read more