Well okay, Oasis did. This morning it was hacking it down - the heaviest rain we've seen this tour so far. We drove from Biarritz into Spain, only really noticing we'd changed countries because the road signs had changed language. The rain was pouring and the roads passed by San Sebastian, Bilbao and Santander; all of which are industrial cities. It was pretty grim.
After lunch we drove on along the coast road and out of the industrial areas into the countryside and the clouds cleared. Beautiful clear skies greeted us as we found Gijon on the north coast. So much nicer than the other cities.
Gijon sports a stunning university which we cycled past to get into town. From there we passed the 'premiere league' stadium of Real Sporting de Gijon. According to google they're being 'real sporting' in defence this season and are lying in 17th place. Not far from there we hit the sea and a big surprise: waves!
I didn't expect anything on the north coast but there it was. A half moon bay, beach break, right in the city. The sun disappearing behind sea front buildings shone down on some really nice lines. Maybe 4' on a set and dead clean. Fabulous. I found a surf shop which hires on the sea front. I'm going to see if I can't add Spain to my list of countries surfed tomorrow! Bonus!
From there we biked back up the hill to our campsite. Its now time to settle down to some grub and the obligatory ale.
Oh, Cali thought for the day: it does sport a serious lack of hooks in the back of the van. This makes hanging washing lines difficult inside the van. The old Kombi had them all over the place - as I'd screwed them into the walls everywhere. Slightly disappointing.
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Ahem, "according to Google"? :-P
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