Days 19 - 25 San Sebastien

It´s been a long time since the last blog and a lot of ups and downs have been had along the way. The day after the last blog I (Donnie) managed to find Libby (Matty´s friend from home) who lives in San Sebastien and offered to put the team up for a few days. That evening, whilst I was sitting on the laptop in Libby´s flat, Matty messaged me on facebook...they had already arrived in San Sebastien! Myself and Libby went to meet the team on one of the many bridges of San Sebastien...resulting in a welcome scene which would not be out of place in a dramatic rom-com.

Massive celebrations that night in the bar where Libby works, Zibbibo´s. The next few days were spent discovering San Sebastien and fully relaxing whilst I spent a lot of time resting the leg and trying to get back on form for the rest of the journey.

Some of the highlights from our stay included: Swimming to Santa Clara island in the bay of San Sebstien, jumping into the clear blue waters off the pier, pintxos, walking up to the big jesus hill, relaxing beers on the jesus hill at a reggae bar and Matty and Chris getting friendly with some local (recently unemployed) goat herders!

We hadn´t planned on staying in San Sebastien for longer than two days but meeting a bunch of great folk and the prospect of a free Jazz Festival on the beach and piers made it almost impossible to leave. We managed to catch BB King, Aloe Blacc and Cut Copy. Splendid!

Throughout our stay Libby was the best host and tourguide we could have asked for and, along with her friends Steffy and Femke, made our extended stay in San Sebastien unforgetable.

Unfortunately on the morning of our departure from San Sebastien we discovered that the two bike locks securing Char´s bike had been cut and her bike was missing. This was obviously a massive shock for Char and the team and it took a long time to sort a plan for the remainder of the trip. However, Ben, our fifth team member, was a total gentleman and offered to lend Char his bike and other gear in order for Char to carry on. Having cut his holiday plans short to give Char this opportunity the team would like to send a massive thanks to Ben who I´m sure we will remain in touch with next year when he moves to Glasgow.