Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June

After we arrived we tidied up, cleaned the boat, had a meal in a local restaurant and collapsed onto our bunks. Most of Friday was spent sorting out the boat. We had a flange sealed which we hope will permanently stop an annoying small leak. Our autopilot was examined and we were told we may have the wrong hydraulics. This might be expensive. I also got the watermaker working again. The others went shopping and for a walk around the castle. Then it was off for a group drink and meal. Some arrived home later than others. Getting up on the Saturday was not easy. We were loaded onto a bus for the drive to the pilgrimage centre of Santiago De Compostela. We witnessed the outrageous ceremony of swinging the incense which bizarrely got a big round of applause. The cathedral and surroundings were potent witness to the power and wealth of the church. The squares were filled with weary walkers completing their walks to burial place of St James and with lycra wearing mud covered cyclists making their own personal journeys of discovery.