The weather was not quite as nice this morning, but we knew it was improving in the afternoon, so we had a slow start to the day. As this was the last full day of our trip, we had decided to have a relaxing day by the coast. Dave was

Today we got up early to get showered and presentable for our trip to San Sebastian to meet our ex student Iker and his family. Dave opted for the twisty, scenic route to our meeting point in San Sebastian. There were loads of cyclists out for their morning work-out. Quite

We headed off early as planned and were on the road by 8.30 – early for us!! it was quite a long journey to Zarautz today and we decided to take the main roads, several of which were toll roads. We had two stops on the way and the tolls

Dave found a nice walk on Alltrails about a half an hour drive away. Camino natural del Guadalaviar. We packed up the van, grabbed a quick breakfast in the campsite café and headed off to the start point. We were quite surprised amongst all this countryside to suddenly see an

We decided to do the river walk this morning. It’s called the Paseo fluvial del Guadalaviar and skirts the edge of the town, passing an old  medieval mill (Molino del Rey) along the way and giving alternative views back to the city. It was a beautiful walk, steep in parts

We planned to visit the cathedral this morning and, since it doesn’t open until 10, we popped out first for breakfast in the local café. The cathedral was built on the site of the earlier moorish mosque. It was the earliest Gothic cathedral in Spain and has since been embellished

We woke to a less windy morning and a lovely sunrise. We chilled out a bit and made good use of the fantastic facilities, I.e. Sue had a hair wash. She then went to say goodbye to Estela and we bought some wine, and when she found out it was

We went for a morning stroll along the river and up to the Iglesia de San Andrés which was shut but nice to see from the outside. On the way there we popped into a bakery for some bread and also got a couple of cakes. These were white chocolate

We decided after yesterday that we should plan our walks more in line with the cooler parts of the day now it had finally got hotter! So, we decided to do an early morning walk and set our alarm for 6:45 in time for the sunrise. We did not fancy

We had a lie in, did a bit of planning and realised that we did not want to get to Cuenca on Monday as a lot of things shut on Mondays. A Tuesday arrival in Cuenca meant an extra stop off in a more rural place on the way, as

We thought we would make the most of the facilities before our planned night in a basic caravan park. So, we recharged everything, showered and used the free Wi-Fi as much as possible!! We then prepped the van, emptied the toilet and the grey water and were ready to hit

We spent most of today chilling at the campsite. Dave found a nice new place to work and a new colleague. 🤣 He had a lot of fun processing the videos from last night.  Luca checks on my work My new bestie Luca checks Sue out Dodgy clouds… again Cuerva

We’d decided to do a walk this morning, so fuelled up with a bowl of granola and banana. The campsite office had various walks printed off and this one was called ‘Ruta Rio Cerezuelo – La Malena’ – it was 7km long, estimated to take 2.5 hours and graded as

We had a surprisingly quiet and comfortable night in our layby in Lanjarón! We’d decided to head on to Cazorla and were keen to book in advance after our previous experience in finding a campsite! I had not been able to get through to them yesterday but fortunately got hold

Clear skys await the dawn The sun breaks through Blazes into the room We were sad to leave Hotel Rural los Caracoles and would love to go back there. We decided to go to Lanjarón on the western edge of Las Alpujarras for our first stop-off on our journey back

We hit the jackpot this morning with the fabulous sunrise. It was very nice to use our viewpoint to maximum advantage after the last two cloudy days.  We also had a bonus at breakfast today in the form of chocolate and walnut Mother’s Day cake. Very delicious it was too!

We were looking forward to the sunrise. It wasn’t quite the blast of sun we had hoped for but we got some quite stunning images. We were very impressed with the included breakfast of fried egg, cheese and charcuterie, warm bread, fresh orange and pineapple and good juice and coffee.

We headed off on our journey to Hotel Rural Los Caracoles in the mountains near Frigiliana. Ben and Emma had stayed here in January and we really liked the look of it. The distance was short (about 15 miles), but it took quite a long time as there was a

We decided to go for a walk in the nearby gardens Carmen de los Mártires. It’s free to enter and is a beautiful garden on your way down the hill into town. It has a 19th century palace in grounds which combine different styles of garden design, sculptures, a maze,

Today started early as we were still walking back uphill to our hotel after midnight! This is a rare event and it was lovely to see the city at night. It was surprisingly quiet and tranquil and an interesting contrast to the hordes of tourists earlier in the day. We’d

We settled our bill and made an early start to the day. A few jobs on the list for today include filling up with fuel, emptying the greywater out of the van and hopefully getting a load of washing around! We filled up just outside Jaén, stopped for churros and

We had a slow start to the day as we had decided to visit the Castillo de Santa Catalina first. This is part of the same complex as the parador, so we just strolled up the hill. We got to the castle for the 10 o’clock opening time. The lady

We had a really good nights sleep and had plans to do the walk around the campsite before heading off. The weather dictated otherwise, however, as it was tipping it down with rain. We decided to visit an olive oil factory Picualia for a tour en route to Jaén (world

We had a much better sleep than the night before and it was lovely to wake up to the sounds of nature. We had a slow start to the day and breakfasted on campervan granola to fuel us for our walk.  We had found a walk on the map which

https://youtu.be/mph_7-IWNLA After our relaxing evening in the square in Chinchón we had a very broken and dramatic night with the most violent wind and lightning that we have ever witnessed. The noise kept us awake until about 3 am. When we woke up in the morning the noise of the

Today, May 1 was the National holiday of Labour Day – this was evident from the massive crowds compared to yesterday.  We walked down to the castle first as the light was brilliant so Dave was keen to take more photos. We had plans to visit the Cathedral and headed

Tuesday passed by quickly relaxing on the ferry. We were impressed with the meal on board this French-run Santoña ferry, which is one of the new fleet and very nice. We woke to a beautiful sunrise as we approached the coast and Santander.  We headed off from the terminal and