Chilling on the Beach
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 feeling particularly enthusiastic about boosting […]
Meet up with Iker and his family
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 a few of them were […]
Zarautz
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 added up to about €16 […]
A “Gorge”ous Walk
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 airport. We discovered that this […]
Albarracín
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 and leading to a great […]
Move to the country
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 with various other styles. It […]
Cuenca x 4
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 only 4€ she bought a […]
A quiet but windy day
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 pecados (sins! 🤣) On the […]
Free camping – again!
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 a steep uphill walk so […]
Génave – what a stopover
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 planned to do walks […]