Blog Archives

Spanish Speaking Sheepdogs

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 7 Comments

On Saturday we drove 159 miles across the border and up the A75 to an aire at the fortified medieval village of La Couvertoirade. It is a good spacious aire (N 43.910998 E 3.313492) which is €3 per night. This…

Tagged with: Aire, Conque, france, La Couvertoirade, motorhome, photography, sheepdogs, Templars
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Aveyron, La Couvertoirade

Turning Up in Roses

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 5 Comments

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…

Tagged with: cycling, Dolmen, emporda marshes, Empuribrava, photography, Roses, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, Roses

How Sweet it is to be Reclined

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

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

Pals

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

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

Get close to the Piglet

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 6 Comments

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

The Rain in Spain

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

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

Two Cats in a Boat

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 4 Comments

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

Anyone for Tennis?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 6 Comments

Having visited the cut price sports shop at Benicarlo (two rackets, two balls…€17) we decided to christen the rackets on the astroturfed tennis court here at Ribamar. Luckily the guys who set up the courts for us …I think we…

Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, tennis, Valentin's
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia

On the Beach again…..Ribamar

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 4 Comments

We have moved about 30 miles south to Camping Ribamar (N 40.270208, E 0.307067), a spacious and quiet site close to Alcossebre. The site is about a mile from Fuentes, which is an easterly prolongation of the town of Alcossebre.…

Tagged with: alcossebre, Fuentes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia

There are Bones in these Olives

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Peter and Nia — 4 Comments

We spent the last couple of days at the Calig campsite exploring Vinaròs and Cervera. We cycled back to Vinaròs on Wednesday to pick up a Sim from the local vodaphone shop. Handily, there was a cafe just by the…

Tagged with: Cervera, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, valencia, Vinaròs
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Càlig, Valencia, Vinaròs