No Lat / Long as inland Friday, 24th JulySantiago de Compostela.Yesterday took the bus to Santiago de Compostela. The Spanish transport system is superb and very reasonable. Santiago (or St. James) is the key place of pilgrimage probably second only (or maybe third) to Rome. The place is amazing, almost overwhelming.There are apparently about 5 pilgim routes to Santiago, the French route, the English, the Jacobean, the Northern Asturian, etc. Most go inland. We...

43°22.1'N 008°23.7 W Wednesday 22nd July Click in date box above to see First Coruna entry on 20 July with Paul O visit Coruna again - waiting for rain to clear - still. Today went round the Castillo de St Anton, a protective fort overlooking Coruna harbour. On disuse, it became a leper colony, then later a prison. Now it is a museum, with some of the fortifications restored and also housing Neolithic and since artefacts. A fascinating little place, th...

43°22.1'N 008°23.7 W Monday 20th JulyA Coruna, Galicia - One of two blogs uploaded at same time - see Cedeira prev.We have had a great few days with Paul, shame in part about the weather (sorry Paul!) and that Julia couldn't join him. He found us ok and settled in (knows the boat well already). We spent day 1 exploring Coruna, the old town, squares, churches, markets, etc and stocking up. Coruna is much nicer than it looks either from the air (Paul) or fr...

43°44.0'N 007°52.2 W Sunday 12th JulyCarino, GaliciaLeft Santa Marta Friday evening and felt our way out of the ria and over the sandbar, this time with no problems thanks to our earlier recce. We were accompanied across the bay by large snub-nosed dolphins which have a relaxed graceful, diving in-and-out of the water motion, unlike the smaller common dolphins' acrobatic and enthusiastic leaps and twists. Anchored off the fishing port of Carino, just in th...

43°40.98'N 007°51.6 W Friday 10th JulySanta Marta de Ortigueira, Galicia, NW SpainLeft Viveiro for the next ria, the Ria de Barquero. Another beautiful spot, clear blue sea, steep sided to the cliffs and rocks with pine and eucalyptus right down to the water's edge. One night in a little bay, then we made our way round to the next ria, in between the Cabo de Bares and the Cabo de Ortega (most northern point of Spain). Margaret & Roger had recommended co...