Our beach (Rueta), is split by a river running into the sea and we can’t cross it – well, I guess we could, but sometimes it runs fast and we are cautious of Daisy getting swept away.
However last week, the tide was very very far out and we could cross the river with ease. Therefore we were able to explore the other side. We had hoped it would be home of the sea glass, if not pirate’s treasure, but it was much the same as our normal side!
Looking back at the village (hamlet?). I think we’re a little bit too far round on the left to see our house, but it’s a nice view of the railway bridge and village.
This type of rock is something that is famous in the area, where nature has carved it into shapes.
This is a photo looking out to sea from the ‘other side’. We know there’s a cave up towards the headland which is only accessible by boat. The headland there is where the Castro is (iron age fort).
And this is back on our normal side!
We have learned a little more about tides and realize that when we said last week that the beach at Lago had nearly disappeared, it was actually because it was an exceptionally high/low tide – and that’s why we could cross our beach too. So we now know to look at the tidal coefficients on the tide table and that will tell us how high or low the tide will be. And to think this time last year our main topic of conversation was asparagus!