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Portomarin to palais de rei
We were happy to leave our overcrowded unheated albergue and all the snorers but were not happy to encounter rain after a few kilometres. The gentle rain turned into steady rain after a few more kms and we were very happy to finally find a cafe after 8kms. Atomic ana had arrived many minutes before everyone else and someone feeling sorry for her had bought her a drink. The rest of us staggered in in different stages of wetness and Sabine discovering her ...
The end of the season...
... opened. We were taken outside to watch the special way they cook mussels, which is to pile them up on plank, cover them with fresh pine needles and set fire to the needles, resulting in a pile of cinders and beautifully flavoured mussels. I did feel however it was a bit of a shame that we would be a group of 20 celebrating a friend's birthday here as we'd have to be a bit quiet.. er, but no. At about 9pm a singer with a guitar came in and started playing a couple of gentle ...
French kissing
... closing hours, as it is even considered rude to turn up straight after lunch (I guess in case they have decided to linger over the cheese course for a while...) Even the play we went to the other night was meant to start at 9pm but everyone rocked up at about 9.20pm confident that they wouldn't miss any of it :-)
In general everything happens a bit later here than in the UK. When we go to a friend's house for dinner it is not unusual to be starting ...
Rare doesn't come close!
... it took a hell of a long time to eat my chips were stone cold by the end! On the other hand Si had a beautifull dinner, he did offer to swap bless him but I couldn't do that too him! After the uncooked burger dinner I thought I was owed a bloody big ice cream so off we went and had a great cone full. Whilst we were eating we also watched a parade.. The Santa parade! We had no idea why Santa was coming to Biscarosse in the middle of August so ...
Meeting the Shaw's
Uneventful short (well shortish) ride to Ron's place.
Ron is another BCF member who has invited me to stay and it was indeed a pleasure to meet him and his wife Christine. Their daughter Jo and partner Kerry were also visiting from England so we all had a great natter and Christine made a lovely dinner. It felt very homely again after 4 days in a tent.
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