C’mon guys….only one entrant for the statue caption competition so far (it was a good entry ….and is in the running for the prize….a bottle of genuine Spanish Cava…)…get your thinking caps on. Today we drove 364 km North to…
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Aranjuez
Aranjuez is 50 km South of Madrid, and previously the spring retreat for the Spanish royal family. We arrived here yesterday November 13th (after a couple of supermarket stops to invest in some christmas cava), and set out for a…
Despeñaperros…moving North.
After Nia’s TV appearance….there have been TV series suggestions and autograph requests…we had a quiet day and drove 100 k or so North to Camping Despeñaperros, a good stopover site near Santa Elena. It is next to a National Park…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Nia on national TV
Monday 12th November. We set off at 10 am from Camping Las Lomas, and took the road up to the ski resort of Sierra Nevada. The resort is over 2000 meters high (6990 feet on Nia’s iPhone) ….somewhat over Ben…
Snow.
We are in Camping Las Lomas, a site about 15 km East of Granada, in the Sierra Nevada, at just over 1000 metres. It rained at our level last night (Jim will be pleased to hear), and we have snow…
The Alhambra
Thursday 8th November. We left Cabo de Gata after a great couple of weeks, and having been made really welcome by the longer term residents at the campsite. We headed North for Granada and parked up in the Alhambra car…
Posted in 2012 Autumn
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Isn’t Spanish difficult? We went in to this shop (tienda, f.) hoping to buy some ferrets and it turns out to be an ironmongers! Those of a scientific bent may be able to see the clue in the name. We…
Tagged with: castillo de san ramón, cortijo del fraile, la batería, roalquilar
Posted in 2012 Autumn
Posted in 2012 Autumn
Playa de Los Muertos
Monday November 5th. This is Playa de Los Muertos, between Agua Amarga and Las Carboneras, about 20 km East of where we are staying. The name means, I think, the Beach of the Dead. Maybe that was why it was…
Saturday Morning Fever
On Saturday Morning we cycled off to the market in the town next to the campsite…Cabo de Gata…and discovered a positive cornucopia of luscious fresh fruit and vegetables. Some of the booty. We went a bit mad and bought loads…
Goldmine
Friday November 2nd…We drove to Los Escullos, parked just past the Castillo de San Felipe, and walked about 10 km through a spectacular volcanic terrain, with the sea on our left, towards San Jose. Past an abandoned Guardia post. Until…
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