Showing posts with label Playa de Canallave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Playa de Canallave. Show all posts

Monday 1 January 2024

New Year, New Beach

 If we were in any doubt that midnight had arrived to herald in the start of 2024 we were soon assured of the fact by the constant (say, about an hour) sounding of a fog horn/truck horn and the endless fireworks seemingly surrounding our vehicle. Hugo was not impressed and even though we tried to ignore the fracas we could feel him trembling uncontrollably in the well of the cab. 

Luckily, we all survived the night unscathed and enjoyed another stroll on the beach. Hugo is happiest when he can pad along in the soft sand and sniff the odd bottom.


Trying out panorama mode on the camera




Not having enough of the surf and sand we took the long journey (about 11km) to yet another gorgeous beach, Playa de Canallave. This one has more rocks, more dogs, and more swimmers than the previous one but is equally as stunning. Not a bad way to start the New Year.

Hiding

Honeycomb rocks

A face in the clouds

We’ll try to get a bit further on tomorrow.

A Soggy Return

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