On Saturday we set off at 10 am for the 11 mile bike ride to Pals, a well preserved Gothic town to the east of Girona. Our route is in red. We just retraced our steps on the homeward leg.…
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Pals
Tagged with: cycling, Fontanilles, Fontclara, Gualta, Mavis, motorhome, Pals, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
Get close to the Piglet
The sun has returned and Colin was straight out there working on his tan. We saw this boy circling over one of the reserves by the campsite, from the early morning walk. Marsh Harrier? It looks a bit like the…
Tagged with: boules, Colin, market, motorhome, Petanque, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
The Rain in Spain
Sunday was a bit wet and we cycled in to L’Estartit with Rosie and Tony, through the floods. A lagoon had appeared , engulfing the cycle path, where a stream which normally crossed under the cycle way had become blocked…
Tagged with: cycling, L'Estartit, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Two Cats in a Boat
We arrived here at Camping Les Medes in Cataluña, one of our favourite sites, on Wednesday and found a nice corner for Mavis next to the garden and tennis court. Thursday was still sunny, and after a quick tennis knockabout…
Tagged with: border terriers, Catalonia, cycling, Eclipse, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Anyone for Tennis?
Having visited the cut price sports shop at Benicarlo (two rackets, two balls…€17) we decided to christen the rackets on the astroturfed tennis court here at Ribamar. Luckily the guys who set up the courts for us …I think we…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, tennis, Valentin's
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
On the Beach again…..Ribamar
We have moved about 30 miles south to Camping Ribamar (N 40.270208, E 0.307067), a spacious and quiet site close to Alcossebre. The site is about a mile from Fuentes, which is an easterly prolongation of the town of Alcossebre.…
Tagged with: alcossebre, Fuentes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
There are Bones in these Olives
We spent the last couple of days at the Calig campsite exploring Vinaròs and Cervera. We cycled back to Vinaròs on Wednesday to pick up a Sim from the local vodaphone shop. Handily, there was a cafe just by the…
The Daily Bath…more from Mrs Frank Skinner
The temperature is climbing here in Càlig so we are staying put for the time being. We started the day with a bike ride in to Càlig to pick up baguettes and some lovely jam filled pastries for a picnic…
Tagged with: advice to girls about to marry, border terriers, Càlig, cycling, daily bath, Mavis, motorhome, photography, picnic, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Càlig, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Càlig, Valencia
Vinaròs…the Gluttons tour continues.
As you can see from the clothing tastefully draped around Mavis, we have had a serious washing day. Nia did the washing bit, I was in charge of watching it dry in the hot Spanish sun. So pretty fair division…
Cycling through the Orange Groves
On Friday we took a ride through the olive and orange groves surrounding the campsite. First stop Calig, where there is a lovely 30’s building, tiled on all sides, just on the right as you enter the village. About a…
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