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Cabo de Gata…Fellow Campers and Other Wild Life

We had a “Menu del Dia” at Antonio’s restaurant, a short cycle ride from the campsite, on Wednesday. Antonio is the guy on my right…his wife cooked the most amazing paella….worth travelling to the South of Spain for that alone.

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Cabo de Gata…Low flying flamingos

We are in Cabo de Gata, a national park in Southern Spain, chilling in temperatures of over 30 deg C most days. The campsite is about a mile from the village of Cabo de Gata, a short bike ride along

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Overnight in Oliva. The fish are safe.

Camping Rio-Mar, near Oliva,  was a brief halt on the way to Cabo de Gata. It is a small and friendly site, and some high-level shoehorning was needed to fit Mavis in. We ate in the site restaurant, over ordered

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Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Oliva, Valencia

Peixet de Bou? Eels on toast anyone?

Heading South This is L’Ampolla, a small fishing village about 40 miles south-west of Barcelona, on the mediterranean coast, just above the river Ebro delta. L’Ampolla was of strategic importance in the Spanish civil war; this is a pillbox from

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Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Ampolla

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