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  • Overlanding Iceland – Snorkelling between tectonic plates

    Overlanding Iceland – Snorkelling between tectonic plates

    One of the tours that we were really keen to do whilst in Iceland was snorkeling at Silfra. We’re  blaming Giles Coren & Monica Galetti’s BBC programme, Amazing Hotels – Life Beyond the Lobby for this, as they made it look so incredible during lockdown. Silfra is a fissure created by the separation of the…… Read more

  • Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 31

    Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 31

    No beach for us today as we’re on the road again and off to visit Santiago de Compostela. Firstly, a quick history lesson regarding the importance of Santiago to Christians. They believe that Santiago Apóstol (St James the Apostle, one of Jesus’ closest disciples) who preached in Galicia and, after his death in Palestine, was…… Read more

  • Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 30

    Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 30

    As it’s lovely and warm in Fisterra we sleep with the windows open and we awake to a steady stream of voices of pilgrims heading for the finish of the Camino. After a leisurely breakfast we ready our bikes for a cycle up to Fisterra lighthouse and Kilometre 0. The Camino Finisterre is a 90km…… Read more

  • Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 29

    Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 29

    On the road again today and we’re bound for Fisterra the most Westerly point in Spain, where we’ll be staying for 4 nights. We leave Razo de Costa in a silent eerie mist. There’s a big sea fret in the air and it deadens any sound. We leave with full fog lights on hopeful that…… Read more

  • Northern Spain Road Trip – Days 26, 27 & 28

    Northern Spain Road Trip – Days 26, 27 & 28

    Razo beach is absolutely enormous with crystal clear blue water, crashing Atlantic Ocean waves and cashmere sand, it’s just fab. We’ve rented a house for 4 nights in the tiny village of Razo de Costa 5 minutes up the hill from the beach and we’re looking forward to some time in the waves if the…… Read more

  • Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 25

    Northern Spain Road Trip – Day 25

    Today we’re headed further down the Galician coast to another beach spot, Razo de Costa but before we reach its golden sands we are making a stop at A Coruña. A Coruña is a port city that occupies a particularly twisty corner of the Galician coast. The centre sits on a promontory straddled by the…… Read more

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