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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Santander May 13th 2017

Well, pinch me! It rained last night but is clear blue sky for todays walk to Santander. This is 27K segment and should take 6 hours. The walk is what I imaged the Camino to be like, nice rolling hills, gentle up and downs thru small villages of 30-40 houses, small farms, lots of animals in the fields, new gardens, spring is in full swing! Fruit trees in blossom, wild flowers everywhere new babies abound! New born calves, horses, sheep, chickens, geese, goats, etc. The smell of new cut hay and cow shit is everywhere! This being said, I must state one of the most annoying things I have experienced on the Camino is aggressive and habitually barking dogs. EVERY farmer has a dog chained at his driveway to prevent anyone from leaving the road and ... read more

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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Santander May 2nd 2017

30th April Travel to Santander day. A lazy start as there was no rush plus the wind was picking up...a lot. Then the rain came, horizontally. But, hahaha, the big Merc was copping most of it & they were packing up & it had a sliding door on the windward side. Karma. We left near midday & set the Dyson for Carrefour in Santander where after a wet & very windy drive, we bought some wine & had lunch. We got to the port in plenty of time where we wondered what the crossing would be like ...We left on time & after 5 minutes the ship was already rocking & rolling. Then we left the harbour... Well, what a hoot! After another 2 minutes a tannoy announcement came on to say that the doors to ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Noja May 2nd 2017

29th April Our neighbours were still there in the morning & hadn’t left early despite our hopes. Still, it was a glorious day & the weather forecast said it would be downhill from late evening so we walked the entire width of the beach (Playa Joyel) having a paddle in the ‘cool’ water most of the way. We enjoyed the sunshine whilst we could & before it disappeared behind the blue Mercedes APC, it really was smashing & we had a lovely relaxing time for our last non travel day; couldn’t have asked for more.... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Noja May 1st 2017

28th April Not a bad start to the day. We decided to leave the bikes & walk around the beach to Isla, the next village along the coast. We had to get our sandals off & wade across the river that emptied across the sands. Nothing there apart from a couple of big hotels, holiday apartment blocks, cafes & restaurants most of which were closed; 10 minutes & we walked back & had a late lunch & read again. Early afternoon a Spanish couple turned up & parked next to us on the shade side, no problem. Later in the afternoon another couple were wandering about & noted the pitch number on the other side of us. This site is huge but first class & must have 200 motorhome pitches available to choose from; you guessed ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Noja April 28th 2017

26th April What a night! Not what I would have meant 40 years ago but the weather...it rained solidly all night & so loud it kept waking us up constantly. An awful nights sleep, but we woke at 7.30am, I made tea & we commented how early people were leaving..until Cathy realised that my fitbit watch was on UK time & we were an hour behind...it was now gone 9am. Ha! No worries, away in between the rain & off east to Noja about 3 hours away along the coastal motorway. The rain hammered down most of the journey, no wonder it’s called the green coast, Costa Verde. The peaks of the Picos de Europa were still covered in snow. Into Noja, the site we used to use when the children were young, obviously, us reliving ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Noja April 28th 2017

27th April Bit of rain in the night but it poured stair rods when we got up & threw in some hail for good measure. Brrr, but we can’t complain. After breakfast it cleared up long enough for us to go for a wander on the beach & around the rocks & little cliff that Daniel used to jump off as a boy. Got back in time to miss the showers again. After lunch a Spanish couple were wandering about looking for a pitch which took them the best part of an hour. They looked like dancers off a cruise ship! He was wearing an orange shell suit (yes really) & she a black top with spray on leggings. Less Toreville & Dean, more Pratt & Whitney... Later the clouds disappeared & we were able to ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria August 15th 2016

Cavarceno And Basque Region Spain I won’t bore you with words here. This place was just magic. To get there we passed over many wonderous viaducts spanning vast chasms. It was like an oasis to pull up at a park with neat green lawns and big shade trees on the edge of a lake. And the big bonus was the zoo with elephants, water buffalo and deer to view in a nature reserve. All that was just a ten minute walk from where we camped. Next we moved to the Basque region The Basque people are great to deal with. They’re happy to make eye contact and the younger ones have pretty good English language skills. Whether they thought we were French, or British or even when they found out that we are Australians disguised as ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Potes August 13th 2016

Dag 2 van ons galicisch verblijf was een combinatie van natuur en veel, heel veel was. Amber was niet al te vroeg wakker, waardoor een drukke dagplanning zoals de dag ervoor geen zin had. We trokken naar een natuurpark met watervallen, waar de spaanse kindjes de rotsen gebruiken als natuurlijke glijbaan. Het was mooi, maar nu ook niet ongelofelijk spectaculair. Nu het was niet ver rijden (20km is naar spaanse normen achter de hoek) en het wandelingetje naar boven haalbaar voor de kindjes. Het pad stond aangeduid met GR-achtige tekens wat voor de kindjes meteen het signaal was om er een speurtocht van te maken. Eens boven gekomen via de makkelijke kant, vonden we dat het toch wat uitdagender mocht en zo daalden we af via de andere niet gemarkeerde route. Ook dat was haalbaar met ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Comillas April 18th 2016

Et nous y voici... l'Atlantique et l'espagnol... tout un bonheur pour moi... Notre premier arrêt sera Zumaia, une petite ville sur la carte, mais une plus grande quand on y est… Malheureusement ou heureusement, le matin je suis distraite et m’assied sur mes lunettes… un verre de sorti de son cadre et une monture assez défoncée… Je dis heureusement car cela nous permettra de nous promener durant quelques minutes dans le coin de l’opticien… Beau ! Revenons-en à notre passage de la frontière franco-espagnole. Pas grand-chose à y voir si ce n’est qu’on entre sur un impressionnant réseau autoroutier que nous quitterons dès que possible. Laredo nous donnera quelques minutes pour nous souvenirs que nous sommes venus ici durant une semaine, dans l’appartement des parents d’une amie de Tours (Merci Danielle si tu lis ceci…), car ... read more
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