Cantabria

Silent Sunday

July 13, 2014 by mary · 10 Comments

Leaving Potes - Desfiladero de La Hermida

Filed Under: Travel · Tagged: Cantabria, Desfiladero de La Hermida, La Hermida Gorge, mountains, photo, Picos de Europa, Potes, Silent Sunday

I still feel like I owe you an explanation for my lengthy absence from these pages. So, finally, here it is. *Points excitedly* This 448 page behemoth of a bilingual sport climbing guide to the Cordillera Cantábrica here in northern Spain has just been published. The product of two and a half years of hard […]

Filed Under: Climbing · Tagged: Asturias, Cantabria, climbing guide, Cordillera Cantabrica, guide book, Leon, northern Spain, Picos, rock climbing

Breakfast

September 19, 2012 by mary · 19 Comments

This photo was taken a fortnight ago outside La Cuadrona bar in the village of La Hermida, Cantabria. It represents a moment of breakfast bliss. Firstly, note the two large cafés con leche. The coffee served in Spanish bars is almost always excellent (these certainly were) and is uniformly cheap (1.10 euro up to1.40 for […]

Filed Under: Food, Food in Northern Spain, Living in Spain, Spanish culture, Spanish Food, Travel, Travelling with children · Tagged: Cantabria, La Hermida, photography, the Gallery

Going Home the Long Way Round

June 28, 2012 by mary · 23 Comments

We spent last weekend camping and climbing in Santa Gadea and on Monday we slowly wound our way back home, taking advantage of the opportunity to explore a little of the neighbouring province of Burgos on the way. We had been told that there was a world-class crag in the area that had yet to […]