Muddle has returned - missing for two days

Return journey - note the typical Brit - burned red raw but still takes his shirt off!
Health and Safety....nah!
I love the finish on these old Spanish houses - better than pebble dash
I haven't a clue what this orange stuff is

Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain

Washday
Looks run down but doing a lot of restoration work in the town
Anti-facism graffiti
Municipal house
Some pretty cool architecture ... a strange mixture of French Gothic, medieval. Not many new builds. A real old fishing town full of character.

I sat at the Tapas bar
And watched old men talking
Waving their bark-skinned hands
Talking of women, football and the sea
I wish a could watch a film of their lives
To see each moment of their existence
Now they sit under the gnarled olive tree
Dappled by the sunshine
Their youth inside them
Laughs and dances and loves

Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain

Old fortress built by the French
Lighthouse Faro Castro-Urdiales on the North Breakwater. Active. Green flash every 3 seconds. Seven metres. Octagonal stone tower centered on a square 1-story stone equipment room. The lighthouse is unpainted. Located at the end of the main north breakwater of Castro-Urdiales. Accessible by walking the pier. Site open, tower closed.
Storm clouds gathering then disappeared and temp rose to almost 30C
A statue of tribute to the fisherwives of Castro - mending nets and waiting for their men to return.
Grotto

Lemon leaves

There were fishing boats gathering
In the Bay in front of the Tapas Bar, Castro
Near the lemon trees both beautiful and useful behind me
Further up the hills, farms and more lemon groves
A lemon seed was planted in my heart
Whilst I stood on two concrete slabs on the quayside
My hair dancing in the turquoise and ochre light
Lemon leaves at my feet
I wonder if there are scorpions and spiders hiding in the hills
A magical ghost town full of rocks
I will open a store and sell nothing for this is Cantabria
I will live in a trailer close to the hills
Filled with salvageable imaginable thing from the shores
Have a goat named Angel
And weave lemon leaves through my hair

Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain

The church of Santa María de la Asunción is in Gothic style. Built in the 13th century, it copied its plan from the original model of Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
It is three storeys high and its flying buttresses and pinnacles make this Cantabrian church a building very close to classical French Gothic.

P & B cont....

Overlooking the Bay of Biscay driving from Castro to Bilbao
One huge factory near Castro
I am sleeping
I am upside down
More wake

P to B cont....

Wake of The Pride of Bilbao
I am asleep
Dolphin watch

Red Admiral in the middle of The Bay of Biscay
I am still trying to sleep