A Coruna

Monday 28 October - A Coruna
A short and belated post from A Coruna, a big sea port on the north western tip of Galicia.  We fancied a trip here as it is renowned for excellent seafood (as seen in Rick Stein's TV series, 'Spain') and also that Mick arrived here after an Atlantic crossing from the States 30 years ago with his Mum, Dad and friend Brendan.

A short coach journey from Santiago and we arrived here and headed straight for the beach where we were treated to some really good surf - in fact, we were amazed not to see any surf dudes riding the waves.

We also visited Hercules Tower - a lighthouse with an 18thC shell but a Roman interior, awarded Unesco World Heritage status.  It's hard to imagine the task of actually building this in such a powerful sea, its strength and longevity being testament to some pretty amazing engineering - the tower's structure is not unlike that of honeycomb: the spaces creating strength and flexibility, as well as increased weight-bearing ability.

Hercules Tower (and Hercule Poirot!)

Compass

Windswept under the blue skies of A Coruna

We also took a trip around to the visitor's marina where Mick and his family had moored all those years ago.  It was quite moving for him as he saw a crew stocking up with supplies for, possibly, a similar journey - transatlantic crossings are best made this time of year to follow the trade winds.

So that's a quick round-up of our trip to A Coruna.  It was a nice place but, after we'd seen all we wanted to, we headed back to Santiago - just before the heavens opened!  Our next post will be from Madrid so we're excited about that - so, until then, bye the nooo!