An enforced mini break

We have been enjoying our enforced mini break by the seaside at Gaivota (near Barreiros on the north Spanish coast) since the van breakdown last Thursday. There're definitely worse places to be stuck! The lovely beach is across the road, we have been accommodated in pleasant lodges (one for two nights then a second for four more), the site staff have been very helpful and we have managed to  get the van repair sorted out.
This has not been without complications, though. The local garage could not do the necessary repair so the van has been taken to Lugo, some 60 miles away. We had to go about 75 miles by taxi to get a rental car at A Coruna airport last Saturday and then yesterday (Monday 5th June) we had to drive to Lugo to arrange for the van repair. It looks like Frank was right and the problem is a damaged drive shaft plus the van managed to pick up a puncture during the recovery. We are looking at a bill of around £700 but recovery, extra accommodation costs, taxi and hire car are all covered by insurance.
We've actually had a good few days since getting the rental car and visited Lugo and a pleasant local town called Ribadeo. While in Lugo we also took the chance to walk the circuit of the city's Roman walls - apparently the most perfectly preserved in the world! Worth seeing, we thought, though the rest of the city was unremarkable.

The coast around here is very reminiscent of Cornish surfer territory but at this time of year very quiet. The weather has been good apart from one rainy and windy night and, all in all, it has been a perfectly good experience if at times a little difficult. News from home of terrorist attacks, Manchester's show of solidarity, electioneering and Diane Abbott's clumsy tv interviews has been worrying and interesting in equal measure.
We hope to get the van back tomorrow after another drive to Lugo, where we can also drop off the rental car, and to be back on the road by Thursday morning.