Month March 2023

Our new neighbours

Two horses, a mother and foal, came to live in the field next door. We thought it was going to be cows, but apparently there was a change of plan! We have also been to see a ‘Castro’ which is…

Boats

This is a ship at Burela port which is being stacked with eucalyptus logs. Here are the stacks of logs. These are actually very big piles, however it’s not clear in the photo. There’s a crane towards the right of…

Cathedral Beach

We went to Praia As Catedrais (Cathedral Beach), which is just the other side of Foz. We had to time this right, as much of the beach can’t be seen during high tide, so it’s best to visit to coincide…

Donacella’s Cave

We’d read about Donacella’s cave which is the other side of Viveiro (pooping nativity scene town). We had to go to the police station there to get our address changed on our residency cards (which didn’t happen), so we thought…

Sea Glass!

Our seaglass collection! It’s growing (and we have more in the house!) Oh, and if you look the big pebbley thing in the middle of the photo above (in front of the plant pots on the wall), Ian found it…

Iron Age Forts

The other day we took a walk over to the headland by the beach near the house where there’s the site of an iron age fort. Then I was reading in the local paper that some buildings are being demolished…