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La Coruña

We sailed past the Tower of Hercules Lighthouse at some ungodly hour this morning... actually it was about 8.00am but I had had an unusually bad night (too much ice cream) so I was unenthusiasic but Fred took a great photo. 
Another punishing day as a tourist in Northern Spain this time we are berthed at la Coruña, which is a huge sprawling city with a lot of very tall white buildings but when you get into bits of the town it has a real Spanish feel about it.  We decided to do less today than we had done yesterday - only of course - it didn't work out like that....

Walking through town we took in some very ornate local buildings but also a lot of souless high appartment blocks - its a real mish mash of styles which doesnt make for a particulary pleasing end result.  Its also quite tatty in place reminiscent of inner city leeds or similar... some of the old buildings are quite interestingly textural though🤣
We walked through town taking a fairly diect route to the Tower of Hercules... the site of a lighthouse that has been there for centuries.  The most recent building was rebuilt sometime in the 1700's and it is a fairly spectacular landmark. 
The tower sits on the headland and once e had explored it Dr Fred was tempted by some granite cliffs and I just wandered around the many paths winding up and down the hill.  This alone probably added a couple of miles ontoour 'easy... restday' walk.
Again we were lucky with the weather - tshirts and waistcoats in December but by the time we walked along the promenade back into town the clouds were coming in and we found a beautiful little coffee shop and sat inside while deciding whether to explore the old town or not.  The old town wasn't too far away so we stretched our limbs and had a mooch around.... trouble was by this time two major factors were against us... monday closing - common in Spain and afternoon siesta... defo common in Spain.So.. not much happening apart from more stunning architecture and the discovery of some giant metal crowns which will light up once its dark.
Back at the marina under the shadow of the cruise ship the little boats bobbed about and I couldn't help wondering if the moorings were colour coded

Another 8 miles covered on our easy walk!!! Not sure if I can keep this up for another couple of days🤣🤣
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