Spain 2023 - Gorgeous

November 2023

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- Nov 8, 2023, 2:21pm
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 85 m
- England Bickenhill Marston Green Birmingham Airport 52.454177, -1.74387952°27’15” N 1°44’38” W
Day 1
Birmingham Airport
November 8, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
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. Plan B. To Chester to collect a painting and a night on the town.Read more
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- Nov 8, 2023, 4:27pm
- Altitude: 24 m
- England Chester 53.186151, -2.88941553°11’10” N 2°53’22” W
Day 1–6
Plan B , part 1.
November 8, 2023 in England
Collected DJ and found Air BnB. Wandered round town looking for restaurant. They are all Italian. Pretty much every one. Still decent.

Forgot to check the clocktower. Story is it only has three faces, North, east and south as earl of Chester wouldn't give the time of day to the WelshRead more
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- Nov 9, 2023
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 83 m
- England South Staffordshire District Lower Penn West Midlands 52.551491, -2.19901352°33’5” N 2°11’56” W
Day 2
Monarchs way
November 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
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 the middle of nowhere. Bingo. Habib just happened to be passing. £12. I love Uber.

Was expecting a flat bit on old railway line then very muddy fields and lots of country lanes. But after the railway the path was across farmland which was surprisingly un-muddy with 1-2 notable exceptions.

Fantastic graffiti under road bridge, unusual large herd of black and white horses and a disused airfield were notable.Read more
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- Nov 10, 2023, 9:14am
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- Wales Stow Hill Newport Newport Railway Station 51.589231, -2.99984251°35’21” N 2°59’59” W
Day 3
Newport
November 10, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
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. Very efficient.

Barbers in Newport not so good. I found 4. 1 hair salon, 1 stylist. No good. A guy with big beard, braces and tatts wanted £27, and another guy who wasn't in his shop at all but came back after 5 minutes told me he didn't do "quick cuts". No one wants my money, at least the amount I am prepared to fork out. Barber of somewhere near Seville it is.

And then train cancelled,😞😡🤬Read more
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- Nov 10, 2023, 3:12pm
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 150 m
- England Wrington Lulsgate Bottom Bristol Airport 51.389117, -2.69977851°23’21” N 2°41’59” W
Day 3
Bristol Airport.
November 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
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, new car park and transport hub. But useless if cars can't get here.

Highlight was 2 girls shouting at Easyjet ground staff. I'm going to take this to the top. Mum works for an Ambassador and my dad is. A multi millionaire!.
Done up like cheap tarts, you would never know. Apparently had been refused boarding due to inebriation.
They left in a huff and went to the nearest bar.Read more
Are you sure they weren't supposed to be at Manchester Airport ? [AJ W]
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- Nov 11, 2023, 12:14pm
- 🌬 17 °C
- Altitude: 526 m
- Spain Castille-La Mancha Alcalá del Júcar 39.19289, -1.42899439°11’34” N 1°25’44” W
Day 4
Disappointing - Alcala del Jucar.
November 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
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, lots of day trippers and village not nearly as pretty as it could/should be.Read more
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- Nov 11, 2023, 7:30pm
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 305 m
- Spain Valencia Chulilla 39.64826, -0.88418739°38’54” N 0°53’3” W
Day 4
La Ermita
November 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
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, and closed. Involved 1.5 hours detour.Read more
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- Nov 12, 2023
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 305 m
- Spain Valencia Chulilla 39.648472, -0.88421339°38’54” N 0°53’3” W
Day 5
What have the Romans done for us?
November 12, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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. Coke and ice cream available.

Walk on through a few farms and olive groves to Pena Cortada, Roman Aqueduct and channel cut into rock that now forms part of a very unusual footpath. Cross the Aqueduct and through the tunnels - some with windows on the gorge. We took a diversion that followed a path through the woods and through a bizarre almost spiral cave en route back to Calle. Although it is known the Romans built the Aqueduct in the 1st century, no one knows why.Read more
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- Nov 13, 2023, 1:01pm
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 911 m
- Spain Aragon Teruel San Blas 40.356894, -1.18491440°21’25” N 1°11’6” W
Day 6
Rio Guadalaviar
November 13, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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.
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- Nov 14, 2023, 11:13am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1,170 m
- Spain Aragon Albarracín 40.401458, -1.42267540°24’5” N 1°25’22” W
Day 7
Sponge Bobs, Rocky and the Flintstones
November 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
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 a carpark where many wirey people were carrying round large square sponge mats. With so many fantastic boulders around it is no surprise this is a big centre for bouldering.

A few very faded cave paintings and a top view point before a much more functional path backRead more
Traveler Glad to see things are finally looking up
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