Apartamentos La Bardenilla Panes

Twas a rough old night as we free camped (including a wonderful fish barbecue) on Oyambre beach, and it soon became apparent that our surf boards were non too happy perched a-top the van roof; this to the extent that they attempted to become detached at around 5am ...

A very pretty (cobbled alleyways, olde worlde stylee, cows in a field with not only udders, but also tuneful bells which, when youºve got a dozen, made quite a din a la Mike Oldfield) little town, unlike the campsite which was essentially a sodden piece of grass, for which we were charged Euro 22, for the pleasure of a night's shut-eye.

... grotto. Nothing like a statute of the BVM with water coming out of the mountain to draw us Catholics out from every nook and cranny. The herd of goats that usually blocks Paul's entry into churches was nowhere to be found here.....so maybe it's a good sign. Don't send a Catholic jihad after me, now, just making light of a fun time!

About "the Christians getting nasty" part. This is apparently ...

Left Hector's at 10 am. I was very tired. We hit the road right after getting bread and fruit for breakfast. We ate breakfast and I decided to get some shut-eye after downloading all of the pictures from the day before. Conrad said he would wake me if he saw anything cool. I thought I was just about falling asleep when he woke me up for a "scenic detour". Wow, was all I could ...

We are staying in a little village called Avin. We visited Cangas de Onis which is a pretty little town with an ancient bridge. We went to the seaside at Llanes and went on a cliff top walk.

Next day we went to Desfiladero de Cares. The pathway was made at the beginning of the 20th centuary by the workmen who blasted out a course for a canal to supply water for hydro-electicity for the area. The walk is from Poncedos to Cain and winds it way ...

... We rolled into San Sebastian around 10 to find the office closed!! Fortunately, they had only stepped away for a break and after setting up we sat by the camper and enjoyed some rose and regular port. 

         

... only reason for returning again this year! I'll probably one day return, just to ride back and forth on the airport bus!

Today's plan was to get up early, and do a day trip to either Comillas or Santillana del Mar. My alarm went off at 8 AM and it was such a restful slumber, that I said "Screw it! I'm sleeping in and hitting up the beach today!" 9:30 rolled around, and I got up to look out the window - very cloudy, looking like it would ...

... warm.  But we headed down the street to a pharmacy for Kevin but I stopped off for an extra battery for the camera (probably a good idea, even if I didn't forget the other in the car).  Kevin was able to find benedryl, but nothing non-drowsy.  Hopefully he'll (and therefore I'll) sleep better tonight.  We ended our trip to Bilbao by having lunch in the food court of the mall we parked our car under.  It had four food choices: McDonald's, Burger King, A sandwich place ...

... I forget the name right now). Many of the houses in the town were built in the 19th and 20th centuries and featured an "Indian" style. We meandered a little bit through the center on our way to some cliffs that overlooked the Cantabrian Sea with some beautiful graffiti'd rocks that were actually done by some famous artist. We then ventured towards the center again to a significant church, but due my inability to listen to what Ramiro says and the plethora of ...

... instead asking for nectarine!) We finish lunch around 4pm ... at which point I take some of the soup to our across-the-street neighbors who own the bar (and have been very kind in helping us with various things each day). As evening rolls around, I grab the kids and head back to the library area to make my last call of the week to the office and work a bit more. I send the kids to play nearby at a playground. Not a happy work day for me as I see its been yet ...