We keep leaving but Asturias keeps puling us back in.
Since August 5th we've been living the dream. I've spend at least a month living and surfing in the North of Spain.
We intially stayed a week on our way to Madrid, and met acouple of friends who offered us the use of their apartment, which we couldn't refuse, so after 4 days in Madris we returned.
We stayed in Aviles 10 min drive from salinas, and I surfed almost every day for 10 days or so. Whilst we were there a girl who works for me asked if she could visit us in Spian so we arranged another trip, this time staying right by the beach in Salinas, this then got extended to two weeks.
The standout session fro that second trip that sticks in my mind, was a tiny new swell hitting Salinas, and coinciding with high tide and sunset/lsat light. A pretty forgiving crowd tucked into the more sheltered western end of the beach, and these soft rolling overhead waves than ran and ran as it got darker and I had to run as we had a dinner arranged.
The conditions were pretty good on the whole for both trips, nothing too serious, lots of waves caught. My frirnd Alex came to stay aswell and brought a 360 waterproof camera, so we got some great shots in the sea, and some cool footage. For a month we surfed Salinas exclusivelty. Saw it in lots of differnt tides, swells and moods, never even felt like exploring the coast.
We're back in Madrid now, a little bit grounded as I got a ticking off fromt he lcal constabulary for driving without my v5 (ownership) document. Told in no uncertian terms not to drive until i get it. We're planning to head to Granada next I think which should be a good base for exploration of the South. Currently loking like a return to British shores in late November.
Haveing a great time in Spain, loving the culture, the people and food, and have surfed more int he last 6 weeks than any time since I was in CR in 2009! Still a kook though ahah.
love these pics (will embed the videos shortly):
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