Off!
8 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
So the off! We stayed overnight at the polygono in Sanlúcar de Guadiana so that we could pop back home for all the things that would be forgotten (14 items......quite the record) then we hitched upMeer informatie
Fuenteheridos
8–10 jun., Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Arrived at Fuenteheridos where all seemed calm after the excitements of the caravan-falling-off-on-the-hill thing. But this calm photo only preceded the horror of having to reverse into a rightMeer informatie
Plasencia
10–11 jun., Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Well not actually Plasencia but Malpartida de Plasencia. We are in a huge deserted campsite with enough room to manoeuvre that even we can moor without undue levels of screaming. But why call itMeer informatie
Camping El Astral
11 juni, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
So a lovely campsite with trees and drive-through pitches so for once we arrive without screaming at each other so out to the on-site-ridiculously-expensive restaurant to prolong the unexpectedMeer informatie
Tordesillas
12 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Well this is where the treaty was signed to divide the world between Portugal and Spain......it is said that Portugal already knew about the 'bulge' of Brazil so it was a diplomatic triumph for them.Meer informatie
Riaño
13 juni, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Well......this is the view out the window of our caravan!!!!
Covadonga
14 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
In 722 the first king of Asturias, Pelagius, defeated armies under the Umayyad banner and this victory is regarded as the start of the reconquest of Spain. There is a holy cave here with royal TombsMeer informatie
Reiziger
Wasn't Covadonga some sort of code in the Spanish civil war? Also in san Silvester de Guzman there is a road called Covadonga...,? Anyway, looks lovely
ReizigerWell not code.....But you will have heard of it. Remember the War of Jenkin's Ear? Well Ansom was sent with his 6 ships and crew of invalids and Chelsea Pensioners to disrupt Spanish trade and after Ansom got to Macau and refitted there in a last roll of the dice Ansom decided to sail to the Philippines where he caltured..........Our Lady of Covadonga
ReizigerSpike thinks it is a retreat centre. Looks very like another he has seen
San Glorio
16 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
It is called glorious.....and it was!
Potes
16 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A charming town acting as a sort of gateway to the Picos......very touristy but also beauty round every corner
The Witch's Cave
17 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We crossed the bridge over the top of the old drowned Riaño to the far bank and took a walk to the Witch's Cave in the Hazel Forrest. People still leave votive offerings there
Catedral de los Peces
19 juni, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
There are lost villages under dammed lakes all over Spain but this one left a tower above the surface.....and you can still climb the tower!
Ojo Guareña
19 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
The geology here of a limestone slab being deposited over impervious rock has created the condition for a river to form underground and carve out a huge gallery over millions of years....over 110 kmMeer informatie
Romanesque Church
19 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Built in the 12th century we found this little church in a village of 6 houses
Orbaneja de Castillo
20 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
So there was a navigation slip today.....well not a slip really it is just that Google doesn't really tell you whether it's proposed route is sensible or even possible towing a caravan....so today wasMeer informatie
The Stacks, Cantabria
20 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The subtitle should be.....where they make great beer!!!
St. John
24 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The 23 June is 'St. John's Eve' when the Spanish set fires....of course they don't do it much where we live in Andalucía because they would set the whole place afire but further north they do setMeer informatie
ReizigerNo....this is probably the furthest east and now we will turn west and take the coast road. Weather has been very strange.....as I write we are in the middle of a big thunder storm with LOTS of rain.
Coral Cave
25 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Well we think that is what it should have been called but officially Cueva de Pozalagua. What makes this place so fantastic is that the stalagmites and stalactites do not do the normal Up/Down thingMeer informatie
Suances
28 juni, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We have adored Cantabria and we went to the coast to see what it was like....well it was a perfectly good beach but crowded and noisy. The campsite was perfectly good too but the most exciting thingMeer informatie
Over-Sold Waterfall
29 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Fairly long hike to get to a waterfall which was frankly little more than a wet dribble....nice walk though and great bugs!!
Ruente
29 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
This broad, long fertile valley we are in has these beautiful little villages in it, Ruente is one of those. Stunning place.
Entrambasaguas
30 juni, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Everything is so, so green here and wet! There is so much water everywhere...like Scotland with sun.
Barcena Mayor
1 juli, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Very pretty cobbled village with the foresight to keep most (including ours) of the cars out....lots of pictures in the shops of it buried under many feet of snow so definitely not on our list ofMeer informatie
Cueva El Soplao
2 juli, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We have had rain!!! And fog and low cloud and...believe it or not...some coolth...so we went underground. There are lots of caves in Cantabria, either those that neanderthals found an awful long timeMeer informatie
Santo Toribio de Liébana
3 juli, Spanje ⋅ 🌩️ 22 °C
This is just outside Potes and as far as I can see is closer to Potes than Liébana but that aside it's claim to fame is that when Constantine's mum went walkabout she found the true cross in 320 ADMeer informatie
Pechón
5 juli, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Run up to the coast and along part of the Ruta del Carés which we couldn't walk because of Kari's on-going foot problem. The loveliness of this place just goes on and on
ReizigerWhat happened? Hitch defective or human error?? Glad all safe... Never a dull moment with you guys 🤥
ReizigerNever a dull moment! Is this another house hunt or just relief from the heat? xx