We stopped overnight at the inland Spanish village of El Palomar, en route to the sun. The village is surrounded by orange and olive groves.
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Valentines Day at Cala d’Oques
Don’t trust your sat nav! This was our suggested route to the camping at Cala d’Orques. We would have got through, but without wing mirrors. We stopped overnight near Tarragona at a campsite called Cala d’Oques, or the Creek of…
Figueres
No, not me after a night on the town. It’s Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist artist born here in Figueres in 1904. We moved on to spend the night in L’Estartit, in the Bay of Roses.
Tagged with: Dali, Figueres, motorhome, Salvador Dali, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2022 Spring, Catalonia, Figueres
Posted in - Spain, 2022 Spring, Catalonia, Figueres
Bordeaux
We stopped off in Bordeaux for a few hours, to get a couple of bits added to the camping car and explore some old favourite places. Next stop is Figueres in Catalunya, and the Salvador Dali museum.
Posted in 2022 Spring, Bordeaux
Brexit
We are now officially homeless after selling Claybottom Farm; sale completed Friday, on the ferry Sunday. We set off at 4am and drove down a deserted and misty M6. The Krays took it easy. We are towing a car for…
Posted in Autumn 2016, Caen
Où est la plume de ma tante?
We left Spain a day earlier than planned, because of the forecast snow in the Pyrenees, and did a long (400 miles) run from Valencia Camper Park to Aire-sur-L’Adour, through the Somport tunnel. L’Aire sur L’Adour is a small town…
Tagged with: Aire, Aquitaine, border terriers, Eymet, Issigeac, Lot-et-Garonne, Mavis, Monteton, motorhome, Nerac, photography, plum blossom
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aire-sur-L'Adour, Aquitaine, Eymet
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aire-sur-L'Adour, Aquitaine, Eymet
Easter in Spain
We had a sunny final week at Los Alcázares; it got a little busier as a few Spanish pitched up for the Easter holidays. We spotted these Andalusians trotting through the shallows on the way to coffee one morning (us,…
Tagged with: easter, horses, Los Alcázares, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Our Blood Pressures are Fine
This is our pitch at Mar Menor….Mavis is parked on the left, in a front corner next to a section of nature reserve which separates the campsite from the town of Los Alcázares. This is the boardwalk through the nature…
Tagged with: avocet, flamingo, Mar menor, Murcia, redshank, san javier, san pedro del pinatar, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Eagle Patrol
The last week has been spent parked overlooking a beach on the Mar Menor, a large natural lagoon just to the north of Cartagena. Recommended by our friends Dave and Judy it has turned out to be one of the…
Tagged with: anguila patrulla, C-101, camping mar menor, eagle patrol, Los Alcázares
Posted in 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Posted in 2016 Spring, Los Alcázares, Murcia
Don’t worry about the depth charges…pass the Paella
Next stop after Marjal was Cartagena, about 60 miles south down the coast. We stayed at Area Autocaravanas Cartagena, a small and friendly site on the outskirts of the city, about 5 miles out from the harbour. 10 euros a…
Tagged with: Asdrubal, Cartagena, Carthagena, Hannibal, Nao Victoria, naval museum, Punic wars, trafalgar
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Cartagena, Murcia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Cartagena, Murcia
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