IN GALICIA

At the beginning of October I came by ferry with the car from Portsmouth to Santander to meet up with Susan and some friends so that we could explore the delights of Galicia.

The crossing was pretty wild and when I arrived the weather was rather like England, damp and still windy. However we enjoyed the scenery whcih was very different from most of Spain and as you can see from the photos, the local barns, "herros", are on stilts, originlly to keep out the rats from the grain stores.

The cathedral at Santiago de Compostela is very large and the object of all the many pilgrims who travel on foot across Spain to visit it to see where the body of one of the saints was allegedly found.

There are many pretty seaside ports around the caost and plenty of good seafood too.