Looked like it might have been a wet one today (it rained lightly last night) but the rain held off. An hours stopover in Santiago De Compostella gave me a chance to view the cathedral at this World Heritage Site. Had a quick peek inside but thee was a mass going on (in Latin I think) so didn’t hang around for too long.
The northern start of the Rias Baixas is alright but quite well developed but O Grove was an inspired choice for an overnight stop. Loads of excellent beaches with hardly anyone around plus the sun beating down on me. I could spend a few days here quite happily but boredom would proba
bly get the better of me.
Tried 4 campsites along the same stretch of road on the south of the island/penisula before I found one that was open. 18Euros a night is expensive 
(nearly 3x the cost of the cheapest campsite on this trip) but did have the luxury of my own private locked shower, washbasin and toilet.
A tour round O Grove gave me a beach all to myself for a swim in the reasonably warm water. Until 2 dogs came to investigate, one staying on the beach and one paddling nearly out to me but stopping before he got out of his depth. These dogs seemed fine and just interested in what was going on, that was until I got out of the water to the rocks where I had left me stuff. They were fine until I tried to leave then went mad barking away. So nipped round the rocks (away from the dogs but also my bike) then doubled back to the road where the dogs wee still hanging around the bike. A couple of smokes later and they got bored and wandered off allowing me to get my bike and the campsite for my tea and a few beers via A Toxa a small island linked to O Grove via a bridge which to be honest seemed like a rather snotty housing estate with its own security, golf club and casino.
The campsite bar had a resident nutter laughing away but offset from the actual jokes on the bad Spanish variety show. Nutter status was confirmed when the show finished and he began talking and laughing to himself only to be hushed every 15mins by the bar staff. A few bottles of Estrella Galicia and a free Russian salad (I must have either looked hungry or there were going to throw it out) whilst planning out tomorrows route on the maps and tomtom before retiring to bed with a can of Voll Damm to write todays entry.
The power point in my private bathroom means that the tomtom will get a full charge for only the 2nd time on the trip and lessen the load on the bikes battey via the cigarette lighter socket (the tomtom cradle now not delivering a charge, which I found out today via the TDM and GS owners forum is a common fault and the reason why the Rider1 was discontinued).
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