Good journey up from Valencia. Site very busy when we arrived and unable to get a Gold pitch. The pitch we are on is OK and will be moving onto a Gold pitch on Monday. There seems to be a bit of discord on the site, people are not too happy, both staff and customers with lots of moaning going on.
Back to walking and running on the beach and cycling. Spending the last few days with our friends, Linda and Ray. Cycled up to Oropesa for coffee.
Above is a photo of some new bungalows on the site – they look pretty classy. A lot of older caravan and motorhome people tend to now fly down into Spain instead of driving down, and hire these bungalows for the winter so they can still keep in touch with their friends.
Had 2 days in Valencia at Coll Vert we love the cycle into Valencia. The first day we caught the bus into Valencia for a walkabout then visited the Fallas Museum again for the second time.
Flowers on Bridge Valencia
Next day a 3 Hour cycle into and around Valencia the cycle track had a small detour and we came across some lovely graffiti. There were 2 demonstrations in Valencia while we were there.
Still enjoying ourselves here in Calpe. The weather has been lovely and sunny for most of the time. Done lots of beach running and good cycles to Moraira, Taken the train again to Benidorm and also to Altea where we had a lovely picnic on the beach. Now getting ready for our move on Monday next week.
Good run on the beach Wednesday, followed by a short cycle into the hills. Met our friends for coffee later then had a meal out in the evening. See pictures below for Maureen and Darian’s food. (Click image for BIG) Darians fish still had its eyes so it could watch him eat it?
Darian’s DoradaMaureen’s Pork Tenderloin
Thursday a bit overcast but still very warm. After lunch had a walk about with Ray and showed him some stunning grafitti on the sea front and in town.
Below metal fish on a roundabout. (Click image for BIG)
Another good day out with friends in their hire car. Some great sights and lots of coffee. Maureen and I bumped into a good fell runner friend of hers from Todmorden Harriers, Mandy Goth, how fab to meet friends out here!
Had a good cycle to Moraira again for coffee and met our friends up there.
Had a trip up to Algar Waterfalls today, we have seen them on the television program Benidorm. We then went into Altea for a coffee. Gosh it is warm here – yesterday it was 27C.
Drive out with our friends Linda and Ray. Up to Javea then over to Denia to show them the location of Los Pinos Camping.
Wow the stunning things today were a very unusual church in Javea and the very stormy sea off Denia due, probably to the high winds we had last night. A good day out.
Enjoying ourselves here in Calpe. Maureen getting back into running and both of us doing lots of cycling and walking. On one good cycle to Moraira had a lovely coffee at a restaurant on the front. It was lovely and hot (very unusual in Spain) and it was served with a little glass of tia maria and cream on the side. After Maureen tasted hers she also stole Darian’s. Yummy! Managed to get back to Calpe without being arrested or falling of her bike.
Met up with Patsy and Paul on Tuesday and had a lovely lunch at el Escorial (translated to English means The Slag Heap) but the food was excellent. Maureen tried the Pig’s Cheek which was delicious.
Picture above “how to get a round peg into a square hole” i.e. pay for a small pitch and put a large motorhome on it to save money, then take the wire off above to allow your sat dish to work, then let your dog shit on the pitch next to you (us), then get your motor scooter out and cut the ropes holiday the shrubs up, then drive it down the footpath. Gilets!!!!
Picture below the lovely Maureen running on astro turf with some of her fans cycling past a sign with her age on ?
Oops! One of our mistakes. We intended stopping at Valencia but on arrival it was still closed so tried the campsite just down the road, but on driving round the site decided it wasn’t for us. Pulled up down the road and rang Calpe Mar to see if they could fit us in 2 days earlier than planned. Lucky for us they said yes. Maureen managed to start running again after her cold. Been out on the bikes several times, caught up with lots of friends on site and spent a lot of time with our friends from Harrogate.
View from The Ifach (Click Image fro BIG)
Managed to get our friend Ray to the top of the Ifach today which he has wanted to do for years. Linda couldn’t make it as she was suffering with a cold.
The Ifach Face (Click Image fro BIG)
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