On Thursday we drove to Roses, a fishing and tourist centre at the north end of the bay of Roses. We are staying at Camping Salata, a pleasant but slightly pricy site in Santa Margarida, just to the south of…
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Turning Up in Roses
Tagged with: cycling, Dolmen, emporda marshes, Empuribrava, photography, Roses, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, Roses
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, Roses
How Sweet it is to be Reclined
We have moved up the coast to L’Escala and are staying at Camping Illa Mateua. This is just a short hop south from L’Estartit but is just beyond easy cycling distance. As promised in the reviews the staff here are…
Tagged with: Catalonia, Empuries, Greeks, illa mateua, L'Escala, motorhome, photography, Romans, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Escala
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Escala
Pals
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.…
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
L’Estartit to Narbonne Plage
We are heading home to the UK; the next few posts may only be of interest to other boring old gaffers with motorhomes who like to ramble along slowly, and like to read about stopovers and routes through France. Yesterday…
Tagged with: Aire, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, Narbonne, Narbonne Page, route north, Spain
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Languedoc-Roussillon, Narbonne Plage, RouteNorththroughFrance, Routes
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Languedoc-Roussillon, Narbonne Plage, RouteNorththroughFrance, Routes
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