Sunday 23rd October 2022

As you could probably gather from yesterday's post quite a few people turned up here  last night. This morning we saw that cyclists had put up lightweight tents down towards the headland. They must be good tents as there was really heavy rain and strong gusty wind in the night.

Here are their bikes.

A German and a Spanish registered van also arrived last evening. The man from the Spanish van gave us a local cake to thank us for letting him park in in front of us!

The man from the German van flew his drone!

Here it is coming in to land.

We moved on the short distance west to Comillas to visit El Capricho - the house designed by the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th Century. It cost us 5 euros each to get in but it was well worth it. The following photos really need no description!

This is a stature of Gaudi  - perhaps contemplating his work with some satisfaction?

In 1926, Gaudi, perhaps Barcelona's most famous citizen, was injured in a road accident in the city. He was not recognized by the medical authorities and was thought to be a vagrant and consequently was not given proper care and died of his comparatively minor injuries! Shame on you Barcelona!

We ended up where we had begun. A memorable visit.

We stopped at Panes to service the van then travelled west through the valley of the River Cares.

We stopped for the day at the town of Arenas. We're parked by the river. We can see it from the front of our van.

The town is in the foothills of the Picos de Europa.

I took a walk around town where I saw this interesting sculpture?

Just out of town there is what is described as a cheese cave. You can have a tour of it for 5 euros which includes a cheese tasting.

There are quite a few other vans here this evening.

Today we travelled 43 miles (69 kilometres). We are at: N43.3014 W4.8173

Arenas   Street View