Birmingham Airport

Met up with Caroline in the terminal, the excitement mounting. Until we got to check in and Ryan air announced that we(at least C) weren't going anywhere today as passport more than 10 years old. Ah.Læs mere
Plan B , part 1.

Collected DJ and found Air BnB. Wandered round town looking for restaurant. They are all Italian. Pretty much every one. Still decent.
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Monarchs way

Plan B. Monarchs Way wombourne to Oaken. Drove to Oaken then called local taxi firms for taxi to Wombourne. All too busy, none could help, to inspiration -try Uber even though we are seemingly in theLæs mere
Newport

Train to Newport. Rain started hammering down as we got into car last night. And stopped as we stepped out to walk to station this morning.
Caroline new passport all good and on time. VeryLæs mere
Bristol Airport.

Bus from Bristol took 65+ minutes. Lots of people getting off and walking, some missed flights. Lots of road works, no warning from airport or Airline. Ridiculous.
Lots of building work at airport,Læs mere
Disappointing - Alcala del Jucar.

We had booked 2 night in a hotel here looking down on the village but the hotel called us to say sorry but room not available. Phew. Village very disappointing. Coach tours, all set menus 19 Euros,Læs mere
La Ermita

Small village, very clean functional accommodation and very friendly and simple bar/cafe. Just a kilometer or so from the much more attractive Chulilla.
Rias from Requena very spectacular, andLæs mere
What have the Romans done for us?

A walk based on All Trails "Called, Chelva, Pena Cortada. " walk. Lovely start along the river , Chelva is prettier from a distance than inside, but with some impressive old walls and water channels.Læs mere
Rio Guadalaviar

Very pretty gorge walk, lovely autumn colours and a climb up to a dam. A few rope danglers and a couple of via ferrata opportunities, as well as a lone ibex spying on us from the top of the gorge.
Sponge Bobs, Rocky and the Flintstones

A walk that started almost immediately as spectacular and got better and better for 2 hours. Big gorge, but mostly forested and with fantastic rock formations.
Near the top of the gorge there was aLæs mere
Albarracin -Doh! Shoulda....

Glimpsed as we drove to a walk. Looked interesting so we went for a drink after the walk, and nearly stayed the night, even though we had a (over-rated) Parador booked in Teruel.
Had a wonder, tookLæs mere
Teruel, terrible, parador

Actually not terrible but worked as a title. Parador very average and poor location. Teruel not very exciting, and very poor selection of barbers.
Powell tour

Accidentally took a great road
Chill chulilla

Very picturesque village set on the cliffs above the canyon and with great access to the canyon walks. Apparently some excellent restaurants here, but none were open on the 2 nights we were here!
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Colgate bridge canyon

Terrific walk, the canyons keep coming and this is the biggest of them all. First part, just below Chuililla, the Charco Azul, isn't connected to the rest of the canyon as it is too narrow and sheer,Læs mere