Monthly Archives: October 2013

On the Road…La Seu D’Urgell

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

We set off from Navajas at 8 am, took the A7 and AP7 up the coast to Tortosa and then turned inland and followed the River Ebre up to Flix. Rio Ebre Coffee break en route to Flix. Then up…

Tagged with: ebro, la seu d'urgell, Mavis, motorhome, n spain, photography
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, La Seu d'Urgell

Cabo de Gata to Navajas

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

We set off back towards the UK today, with a great Cabo de Gata sunrise to see us off. We stopped for lunch somewhere near Jumilla, next to an olive orchard, the trees laden with fruit. and passed by the…

Tagged with: Cabo de gata, camping altomira, Mavis, motorhome, navajas, photography, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Navajas, Valencia

Cabo de Gata…Fellow Campers and Other Wild Life

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

We had a “Menu del Dia” at Antonio’s restaurant, a short cycle ride from the campsite, on Wednesday. Antonio is the guy on my right…his wife cooked the most amazing paella….worth travelling to the South of Spain for that alone.…

Tagged with: Andalusia, boar, border terriers, Cabo de gata, fox, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata

Cabo de Gata…Low flying flamingos

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 3 Comments

We are in Cabo de Gata, a national park in Southern Spain, chilling in temperatures of over 30 deg C most days. The campsite is about a mile from the village of Cabo de Gata, a short bike ride along…

Tagged with: Almeria, Andalusia, black winged stint, border terriers, Cabo de gata, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, shoveller, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata

Overnight in Oliva. The fish are safe.

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 1 Comment

Camping Rio-Mar, near Oliva, was a brief halt on the way to Cabo de Gata. It is a small and friendly site, and some high-level shoehorning was needed to fit Mavis in. We ate in the site restaurant, over ordered…

Tagged with: border terriers, camping rio-mar, cycling, fishing, Mavis, motorhome, oliva, photography, prawns
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Oliva, Valencia

Peixet de Bou? Eels on toast anyone?

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

Heading South This is L’Ampolla, a small fishing village about 40 miles south-west of Barcelona, on the mediterranean coast, just above the river Ebro delta. L’Ampolla was of strategic importance in the Spanish civil war; this is a pillbox from…

Tagged with: border terriers, Cabo de gata, Colin, cycling, L'Ampolla, Mavis, motorhome, peixet de bou, perros, photography, spanish cicil war, torradas
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Ampolla

101 Uses For a Lamp Post.

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

We have had poor wifi connections recently so the blog is a bit behind; we are currently in Spain. After Domme we visited the chateau of Castelnaud, a few miles west down the dordogne valley. It is a lovely castle,…

Tagged with: blog, Bonansa, border terriers, Colin, cycling, domme, france, Garonne, gironde, Mavis, Montfrejeau, motorhome, photography, toulouse
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Domme

Colin’s thoughts on Domme.

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 3 Comments

(Colin: “Oh No! Not another Bastide town to walk round”). We parked at La Perpetuum, a campsite on the banks of the Dordogne about 2km from Domme, in the sunshine. Domme is an old fortified medieval town, or Bastide,…

Tagged with: bastide, border terriers, caves, Colin, cycling, domme, dordogne, france, gironde, grotte, grotte of dome, Mavis, motorhome, new jersey, photography
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Domme

Early Modern Man and the Gouffre de Proumeyssac

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

We are in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, a little town in the Vezere valley, which has become the de facto prehistoric capital of the region. The town is built under dramatic overhanging limestone cliffs, undercut over the millennia by the flow of…

Lawrie and Cheryl

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Peter and Nia — 3 Comments

We are in Le Bugue…..X marks the spot. We set off from Bergerac following the Dordogne, lunched at the aire in Lalinde, then moved on to stay at Les Trois Caupains campsite in Le Bugue. Le Bugue is a little…