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…
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Don’t worry about the depth charges…pass the Paella
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
Time to Move On
After a couple of weeks at Camping Marjal it is time for a change of scenery and we are heading for Cartagena. We enjoyed our time here, with some good walks around the local nature reserve. A few days after…
Tagged with: Casa Harry, cycling, flamingoes, flamingos, motorhome, photography, Sardinian Warbler, Spain, Stilt, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Catrall, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Catrall, Valencia
Elvis is Alive
Thursday in southern France was still a bit chilly and we decamped early for the cross-Spain leg. Its easy driving on the largely empty roads which only get busy round the big cities. We crossed Spain in a blur of…
Tagged with: alicante, Elvis, Marjal, marsh harrier, Mavis, motorhome, Parque el Fondo, photography, Spain, stonechat
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Alicante, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2016 Spring, Alicante, Valencia
Christopher’s Pitch
After giving Mathilde and Rick a little help with their olive harvest, and laden down with freshly pressed olive oil, we moved a little further north to spend a couple of days at a campsite close to the centre of…
Córdoba
We took the bus from La Campiña to Cordoba (€4 each, 45 minutes) while Rick very kindly looked after the Kray twins. Time was limited so we took a taxi from the bus station to the Calahorrra tower, which lies…
The Olive Harvest
We have discovered the best campsite in Spain…it is La Campiña, a smallish site tucked away in the Andalucian olive groves about 20 miles south of Córdoba. The name La Campiña translates as a region of rolling hills and fertile…
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Following in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Tennyson and a few other tourists, we have just spent four days in Ronda…an amazing town perched on top of sheer cliffs, deep in Andalucia. We stayed at Camping El Sur,…
Tagged with: Andalucia, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Ronda, Spain
Posted in - Spain, Andalucia, Autumn 2015, Ronda
Posted in - Spain, Andalucia, Autumn 2015, Ronda
On the Road Again…..Lorca
After a few great weeks at Marjal we have moved on; Mavis was getting itchy wheels. We spent last night at La Torrecilla, a small site about 7 km outside Lorca, which is about 70 miles down the A7 from…
Tagged with: Lorca, Mavis, motorhome, Murcia, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, Autumn 2015, Lorca, Murcia
Posted in - Spain, Autumn 2015, Lorca, Murcia
Don’t Trust a Woman with Eyeballs in her Bag.
There was a Petanque competition last week, open to all, which we had a go at. You can just see the orange cochonet or piglet that Nia is aiming for in the foreground. We failed to figure in the prize…
Hot Dates
The rain in Spain does get down to the Med sometimes…I was up at 6am yesterday morning to furl the awning. We had an early thunderstorm and I didn’t want Mavis to blow away. The sun came out after a…
Tagged with: Catral, cycling, La Marina, Mavis, motorhome, Parque el Fondo, photography, Pinet Beach, San Felipe Neri, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, Autumn 2015, San Felipe Neri, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, Autumn 2015, San Felipe Neri, Valencia
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