Monthly Archives: June 2011

St João in Braga

Posted on June 25, 2011 by AdrianC

– or – How Ellie and Adrian got hammered and nearly left under a cloud… June 23rd is St João’s eve – the evening of the feast day of St John the Baptist. Big business around these parts. We’d had … Continue reading →

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Portugal at last

Posted on June 25, 2011 by EllieGee

We crossed into Portugal on the ferry across the wide Minho river which marks the northern border with Spain. We had woken to an overcast morning, but cliché or not, the sun came out as we landed on the Portuguese … Continue reading →

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Curro

Posted on June 20, 2011 by EllieGee

Wild horses dragged us out of bed early on a Sunday morning in Baiona after all. We’d heard about curros – local round ups of wild horses with associated partying – in certain areas of Galicia in May and June … Continue reading →

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And breathe…

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AdrianC

After the disappointments of the North, and the excesses of Santiago, we promised ourselves a few days relaxing on the coast, doing not very much. We’d found a likely-looking site in the camping guide, near Pontevedra, heading towards the Portuguese … Continue reading →

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St James of the Field of Stars

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AdrianC

Even if you don’t quite swallow the myths about how Santiago de Compostela was founded, with the body of the Apostle being taken by boat to Galicia in a “miraculous” seven days after his beheading in the Holy Land, then … Continue reading →

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There (was) gold in them there hills

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AdrianC

West of Astorga, near Ponferrada, there’s the remains of Roman mining activity – for gold. North-West Spain was one of their main sources, so they weren’t afraid to throw some engineering and muscle power at the excavations. It’s difficult to … Continue reading →

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León to Astorga and the Camino

Posted on June 17, 2011 by EllieGee

Gentle bimbling from the Picos via some of the Cordella Cantabrica mountains and flooded valleys brought us to the road to León, and in to the city for late afternoon. After finding the dedicated overnight campervan parking area (a corner … Continue reading →

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Picos de Europa

Posted on June 17, 2011 by EllieGee

The Picos aren’t big – the whole national park is only about 40km by 40km, and they aren’t exactly stand-alone, running almost seamlessly into the Cordilla Cantabrica range on one side and the Basque mountains heading towards the Pyrenees on … Continue reading →

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Catching up

Posted on June 17, 2011 by EllieGee

We have been out of access to fully update the blog for a while as you may have noticed. When we have had access it has been unreliable and/or we’ve been too tired to write. So here’s an update of … Continue reading →

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Still alive…

Posted on June 17, 2011 by AdrianC

In case you were wondering. We’ve been somewhat lax over the last week, compounded by intermittent web access. But the  next installment is on the way, honest.

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