Cedeira is a 10 minute drive away the old town is built to the west of the river and has a lovely church and square. Most of the rest of the town is spread along the ample sea front. There are two largish supermarkets and plenty of little shops as well.
Between the houses and the sea is a green strip of tree planted dunes that hosts a range of festivals during the course of the year.
being at the head of a small Ria, the beach is safe with plenty of shallow water, few currents and is usually fairly quiet apart from at peak season, even then the end furthest from the town is always quiet. This picture was taken mid afternoon on a holiday weekend in April with the shade temperature around 26C and the sea temperature 15C. There is a lifeguard in summer and a roped off safe swimming zone.
Scented stock grows wild in the dunes and smells wonderful in the sunshine.
In the distance you can see the harbour that nestles below an ancient castle. There is a resident fleet of fishing boats of all sorts of sizes and often a scattering of leisure craft as well.
There is a tidal river at the far end of this photo that makes a good trip in a kayak within a few minutes you pass under a couple of bridges, leave the houses behind and are winding through a lush green landscape.
Back in the garden the Aloe verde has come into full flower
I lost a few hours doing tidying and cleaning to take photos for advertising the house for summer rentals and for sale, this is the en-suite bathroom.
And the kitchen looking like it has not looked for many years
I found some time to weed some of the strawberries, no shortage of fruit and they taste wonderful.
After a long hard day I headed off to twang my guitar to the sunset above Pantin, I went a little further along one of my favourite tracks and found a good place to park.
Oh blimey I hope I left it in Park with the handbrake firmly on, there is no sense of edginess when you park.
Lovely sunset, by the time I had finished twanging and loving Galicia it was pitch black on a moonless night, reversing up the barely defined track to somewhere safe to turn round was less than easy.
Ian, you have done Cedeira proud with your description of the town and beach area. Perhaps you will be around for San Juan and the “sardinada” to be enjoyed on one of the hills above to town – sort of above the port.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am now back in Spain after 4+ years in Korea and enjoying the spring weather in the south before returning to the north..
If I am still around when you get back up North it would be good to meet. I think I will be in the UK during the week of San Juan this year unfortunately. We did some good fire jumping last year. I have another blog on which I am building profiles of the local area and organising it by geography rather than time, there is a lot more on Cedeira San Andres, beaches etc to come.
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