Great stopover. A very quiet carpark, busy with walkers during the day and camper vans overnight. A quick walk to enjoy the friendly welcome at the Clachaig Inn. Good ale and food, with free WiFi.
The Funicular de Bulnes is a railway that runs in a tunnel from Poncebos and seems to be the only access to Bulnes. There is a single tunnel with a passing place half way to allow the 2 carriages to pass, one going up and the other down, joined by cables. The passing point is small and not visible in the dim light of the tunnel, so the oncomming lights of the other carriage give the sense of an impending collision. The trip up took about 20 minutes and cost €17.44 per person one way, a little expensive but worth it. The locals use the train and the first carriage of the day, which we took, carries the workers and large quantites of bread, milk and olive oil amongst other item. Arriving at the top station there is just a dirt track, one way signposed Bulnes and the other back to Poncebos. We headed for Bulnes followed, and soon overtaken, by quadbikes and small tractors laden with goods brought up by the train. After about 5 minutes walk we arrived at Bulnes, a few houses outnumber...
Not a bad trip down to the park and ride at Canterbury. Nice place with a pub on the corner. £3.50 per day but the day starts at 12 midnight, so an overnight stop is £7.00. Ferry in the morning so its an early night. The park and ride motorhome stop has basic facilities, drinking water, grey and black water disposal and general waste. Very quiet night apart from the wind, outside that is, not internaly generated!
Comments
Post a Comment