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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...

Pontevedra in my Dreams

Yesterday I went to Pontevedra "right up north" about half an hour from Santiago de Compostela. OK so I was there via an English lesson with a local Spanish lady on Skype, but it sounds great. Another must-visit on my loooooong list for Spain let alone the rest of Europe and many undiscovered treats in the UK.

The town of Pontevedra I´m told serves the best seafood in the whole of Spain and be prepared to put on weight when you visit. The people are hard workers and work far more than the southerners (that´s me, although adopted.)

It´s also home to major fish processing factories and I´ve been told to check my tins of seafood when purchasing because quite frequently giant squid is passed off as octupus!

This isn´t a huge problem for me. Giant squid or octopus only feature in my diet in restaurants and fresh, not as a tinned item and prepared at home, I wouldn´t know what to do with it.

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