Santiago to Santander

We had an early start (7am) which seemed even earlier as it was still dark and pouring with rain, as we took a taxi to the railway station in Santiago de Compostela.  Here we caught the first of a series of three trains to Santander. 
Although the journey was long ( we didn't arrive in Santander until 6pm) it was very interesting, and the weather did improve. . We travelled through the foothills of the Cantabrian mountains and the Picos de Europa, at times at more than  1000m elevation, where there was a lot of stunning scenery, native forest and very little human habitation. At lower levels where the terrain was flatter there was medium scale arable farming and also some cattle.  
My blip is of a church in Palencia, where we had to wait about an hour for our final train to Santander. 
This evening we ate in a small fish restaurant where we had anchovies and then grilled  Sargo, a local speciality, which is also known as Common or White Sea Bream. It was all very tasty, and just what was needed after a long day.