Linger a Little Longer
07/01/18 – 08/01/18 Our plan had been to leave the Cabo de Gata and head back to the Malaga area across the Alpujarras, getting some time in the hills before… Read more »
Category: Countries
Portugal – So Many Things to Do, See, Eat and Drink
We spent 30 days in Portugal, travelling from North to South. You’re never far from the coast in Portugal, but we found some of our favourite spots inland and ended… Read more »
Putting Down Roots
02/01/18 – 06/01/18 It took some persuasion to move us away from our next stop, that and a very full toilet. The sun was shining and the wind had mostly… Read more »
Do you know the way?
31/12/17 – 01/01/18 We walked the coast path out of San Jose towards the east, working our way up through the streets of the town until we found the path… Read more »
The Kayak makes an Appearance
30/12/17 The drive to the Playa de los Genoveses involved a long and dusty dirty track which we might have avoided if it wasnt for our bike ride the previous… Read more »
Cycling in Cabo de Gata
28/12/17 – 29/12/17 We were looking forward to visiting the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, somewhere that we had seen on blogs and forums and imagined we would enjoy…. Read more »
Christmas amongst the Polytunnels
23/12/17 – 27/12/17 After saying goodbye to Aaron and Katie we started heading further east, looking for somewhere to stay for Christmas. We used the ACSI book to try and… Read more »
Hairnets and Hardhats
20/12/17 – 22/12/17 After Ronda we made our way down to the coast to meet up with Aaron and his fiancée Katie who were joining us for a few pre-Christmas… Read more »
Ronda the Unexpected
19/12/17 Our trip to Ronda took us by surprise. When we headed out of the Grazalema mountains we thought we would go further south into Cadiz and have a day… Read more »
Mountain Summits and Vultures
18/12/17 Our last post was on New Year’s Day 2018, so we’re going back in time to catch up on the happenings of later December 2017. We had stayed the… Read more »
The Grazalema Mountains
16/12/17 – 17/12/17 From Seville we travelled south east to the Sierra de Grazalema natural park where we hoped to get our mountain fix. Our first stop was El Bosque,… Read more »
A Busy Day in Sevilla
re 15/12/17 At the end of our day in Seville our mobile devices told us that we’d walked over 9 miles, which I can believe as my feet were aching…. Read more »
Roman Ruins at Italica
14/12/17 From Aracena we decided to head south towards Seville, on the way we were planning to visit Italica, a Roman city that has been partially excavated near the current… Read more »
Sierra de Aracena
13/12/17 North of Huelva, the town of Aracena sits in the folds of the Sierra de Aracena; gentle forested hills and mountains that form part of the wider Sierra Morena… Read more »
In the Footsteps of Columbus
11/12/17 – 12/12/17 We crossed the border between Portugal and Spain, passing into the province of Huelva, an area of Spain I had never heard of before. There is a… Read more »
Last Days in Portugal
08/12/17 – 09/12/17 Our planning day had been fruitful and we knew what we wanted to do before meeting up with Aaron. So we were off on the way to… Read more »
Zombie Nation
06/12/17 – 08/12/17 We didn’t intend to spend much time in the Algarve, but we wanted to see the rock formations of the Algarve cliffs somewhere and Lagos seemed as… Read more »
To the Furthest Corner of Europe
05/12/17 Well…one of them anyway. Our parking spot was at Cabo São Vicente, the south-west corner of Europe near the town of Sagres. We had emptied and refilled Bertie at… Read more »
Laid Back at Praia de Bordeira
03/12/17 – 04/12/17 When we woke up at the Praia de Bordeira we were surrounded by vans. The usual big white boxes of various nationalities, but also smaller campervans and… Read more »
Sand in our Shoes
02/12/17 From our parking spot at the Praia de Almograve we could access part of the Ruta Vincentina, two interconnected long distance trails that run all the way down the… Read more »