So the bits and pieces we may have missed out. First, the drive yesterday through the Laurel forest was a bit scary. It was the first time we’d been up there without any cloud – glorious day, bright sunshine and no clouds at all, not even a bit of mist. But that meant on some of the turns the road simply disappeared in the contrast between bright sun and shade under the trees. And by disappear I mean you couldn’t see anything, not even the car in front – or just the bare moving shadow of a car in front. And this was usually right at a twist in the road. So we were moving very slowly and carefully – though there were only about three places where the light difference was that bad it was scary enough that there was a queue of cars all creeping along!
Joe says they could save money on signs if they just mark the straight bits. Would only need a couple of signs then.
So we’ve not seen much in the ways of mammels – just dogs, cats and goats. The cats are usually semi-feral. And not as many birds as we’d hoped. We definitely heard Bolle’s pigeons in the forest, but only caught glimpses of movement and birds flying off. We’ve seen a lot of kestrals and gulls, but no confirmed shearwaters. Canary Chiffchaffs and canaries, greenfinches, and nothing else that we can defnitely identify. So it goes.
Today is a rest day by the pool. With champagne for breakfast. Though Joe had pancakes, fried egg, streaky bacon, and mushrooms and called it a Canadian breakfast. With no maple syrup at all, not even the palm honey they have here. I say it can’t be Canadian without sweet tree sap (though Joe did point out palms aren’t trees, even though they are palm trees).
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After a small breakfast we headed out for the last day with the car and went to San Sebastian. Twisty drive (mind you, every drive is twisty – there will be one of those twists for 1.5km signs and 1.5kms later there’s another one). Drove through the city to the port, then back down along the front and found a perfect parking space. We’ve been lucky with the driving.
We walked around San Sesbatian and had a coffee. Weren’t particularly hungry so just looked at the town. There was something going on – large marques set up by the Torre del Conde where they were setting up for something – stage at one end with long tables set up. Then at the Church Iglesia de La Asunción there were crowds and singing, also chairs set up under awnings outside. It also looked like most of the tourist things were closed. But it was a nice walk around the town.
We drove back the long way to the hotel getting back late afternoon. At a bit before sunset we headed back out, walked along the road by the golf course and saw a few birds. Then along the shore watching the birds and sunset. We were waiting for the stars and Geminids, but there was still a bit too much light. We did watch as the stars came out and could see bits of the milky way, also saw a satellite or three and a couple of meteors. So have plans to go out after dinner, but probably in a couple of nights. Best nights to see the Geminids is the 13 or 14 December, so!
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