I just wanted to add to the chorus. Your trip posts have been
particularly sharp and evocative. Thanks for taking the time to share
with us all!
Lester
On Apr 29, 3:19 am, sue james <sue.ja...@InfomaxGroup.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Mac
> As usual I've been enthralled by your posts - it's been a real bonus
> that you 've had a second trip this year.
> I was particularly pleased you'd stopped in Llanes and you told me
> something I didn't know - that I'd witnessed the evolution of a work of
> art over the years.
> I first visited Llanes in 1969 when donkeys were much more common than
> tractors and they still collected seaweed to fertilise crops.
> I also remember the state of the roads then - travel was simultaneously
> slow and terrifying!
> In 1987 we returned. We arrived in Santander on a rainy morning and made
> it to Llanes in time for lunch and discovered that not a lot seemed to
> have changed in the intervening years.
> Donkeys were still to be seen. We were camping on that trip and the next
> morning we experienced a surprise - the clouds had lifted and there were
> the Picos de Europa!
> We've been back a few times since and the restoration works that have
> taken place have made the place even more charming plus the new motorway
> system has made it more accessible.
> However, I think arriving there by train is probably the best way to travel.
