The new part for our essuie-glaces was delayed, so we diverted to a French Passion to the South of Bordeaux…..one of the vinyards where you can park up amongst the vines for free, as long as you taste some of…
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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…
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…
Cabo de Gata
On the 27th…..the Missus’ birthday….we drove along the Andalucian coast to Camping Cabo de Gata. This is a good site, on the Cabo de Gata peninsula, which extends East from Almeria. There is a little collection…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Burgos……Colin under fire
We set off from Zarautz and pointed Mavis South, through the mountains of Northern Spain. When you see Toros appearing through the mist you know you are in the right country…..these large and striking silhouettes are placed along roadsides throughout…
Posted in 2012 Autumn, 2013 Spring
CapBreton to Zarautz…Estamos en Espana.
We have had some blogging gremlins….hopefully this post will appear, if a bit late..if so thanks to Chris…technical back up from Wales. Last night in CapBreton On Friday we drove to Zarautz, which is a small town in Northern Spain,…
Posted in 2013 Spring
CapBreton
CapBreton It was lovely to come back to the aire at Capbreton; we visited here once before on our first French tour in Spring 2010 and we love the place. Breakfast The aire is right on the beach and a…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Heading South
With overcast skies and more rain forecast we decided to press on south. We have marked Camping Le Thouet as a site to return to. It’s on our favourites list. We had an overnight stop at Camping Bignac, where it…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Cycling to Saumur
Camping Le Thouet is on a cycle route to Saumur so we decided to have a day cycling through the vineyards. We had a beautiful day for it with just the occasional fluffy white cloud but otherwise wall to wall…
Posted in 2013 Spring
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Travels with Mavis 