Northern Spain

We had a good time travelling through northern Spain, however, we travelled quicker than originally planned because the weather was very wet.

Galicia was lovely, met some Brits who were just about to buy a farm and turn it into an Eco-campsite.

Asturias was really, really wet so we rushed through.

The Spanish Basque country was a lot of fun. Interesting camping experiences that widened my usual limited comfort zone of operation, for example, free camping on a remote headland with a panEuropean collection of travellers.

Spain is a very loud, party sort of country. Quite a change from shy, retiring Portugal! The Spanish social hours are unique for Europe, no one seems to think about eating in the evening until at least 11pm and that is considered early. We were on some campsites where entire families ( including very young nippers) didn't sit down to start eating until midnight and the meal would take a couple of hours, I don't know how anyone gets any work done when they are up that late every night!

Anyway, we moved on to France after about a week travelling through Spain and headed for the Pyrenees. Still a bit wet, but a bit of sunshine in between too.