HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’57” N 1°53’28” W 20 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
This 10 km stretch is really interesting from an industrial architecture point of view. Aqua Amarga was the terminus for a mining railroad from the interior of Armeria to the Mediterranean in the late Czytaj więcej
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’58” N 1°53’28” W
21 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
We are not making any forward progress on the trail for another four days while we wait for my appointment with a podiatrist here to get her opinion on a foot problem I’m having. Luckily, there is Czytaj więcej
Clare I sympathize with foot problems! Do you have any idea what it is? I hope you are still enjoying the weather, the setting, and the sites to be seen while "resting."
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’58” N 1°53’28” W
22 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Walking the coastal route from Almería, we have almost always been able to see watchtowers on the horizon, one on a headland in front of us, and another on a headland behind. In fact, the Ruta del Czytaj więcej
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasPlaya de Carboneras36°59’58” N 1°53’28” W
23 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
After several stages with nothing but one-room tiendas, it’s a bit overwhelming to shop in the big Mercadona in Carboneras. So many choices. Even the nearby Spar is bigger than usual. We’ve been Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik We've never tried Ines Rosales tortas. Do you have them as snacks?
Podróżnik Or for breakfast. A Spanish friend introduced them to us. They come in various flavors. Lots of calories to support a day of walking!
Podróżnik We'll have to try them when we're on the Mozárabe next month ☺️
Laurie Reynolds Tell us more - they say tortas de aceite, but that looks like sugar sprinkled on them, too. Glad you are eating well!
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’58” N 1°53’28” W 24 marca 2023, Hiszpania
One of the nicest things about staying in a residential area of town is getting to see little bits of local life that you might otherwise miss. Our first hint of this was hearing a series of chiming Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik Great photos to accompany the stellar prose. Did not know LoA was filmed partly in Spain! How is your foot?
Podróżnik The backstory is really interesting. The whole film crew and cast lived in Carboneras from February to June in 1962. Local people worked as crew and extras. They built a replica of the Jordanian village of Aqaba on a deserted beach just outside town. My foot seems better, so we’ll be walking by there on Sunday, I hope. The famous attack scene was filmed in a rambla we’ll be crossing.
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’57” N 1°53’28” W
25 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Today was the big day, and it turned out well. The podiatrist was knowledgeable, helpful, and kind. She diagnosed two different problems: arthritis in my toe, and fibularis tendonitis in my ankle and Czytaj więcej
Laurie Reynolds I woke up with my fingers crossed that there would be good news. You kept me waiting a bit, but I’m so happy to see this!!!!
Podróżnik We are glad you got some answers. Staying at the beach for a couple more days doesn't sound like a bad idea.
HiszpaniaAndalucíaCarbonerasLa Puntica36°59’58” N 1°53’28” W
26 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Today was a day for wrapping up loose ends here in Carboneras. Taking care of my foot has, of course, thrown our planned itinerary out the window. I had made all of our reservations for Easter week, Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik What gorgeous pics of the area’s trees and flowers! Enjoyed the bocce game too, participants look very serious 😄
Podróżnik Speaking of flowers, we met a woman today who wants to begin an apiculture course but can’t because there aren’t enough flowers this year. She said normally the hillside beyond the venta would be covered with yellow flowers at this time of year, but this year there has not been any rain and the hillsides are bare of flowers. This is not good for farmers or bees!
HiszpaniaAndalucíaMojácarEl Agua del Medio37°3’41” N 1°52’39” W 27 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
What a magnificent day! The trail was full of variety with the highlight being a 400 meter water pipe tunnel that took us through a hill rather than over it. I had worried a bit about the tunnel ahead Czytaj więcej
Clare I have read about that hotel - probably in the Paul Preston book, A People Betrayed, which is appropriately subtitled "Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain". Since demolition would probably cost another €70 million, maybe it is destined to be like Las Medulas
HiszpaniaAndalucíaMojácarEl Agua del Medio37°3’41” N 1°52’39” W
28 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Today was devoted to … eating! We spent an hour at breakfast, and another two hours at lunch. In between, we got to talk to members of the family that have owned this venta for 33 years. Everyone Czytaj więcej
Laurie Reynolds Thanks for sharing these snippets of daily life. Do you wonder/worry about how the family can keep this business going? Was there much of a lunch traffic, or any others in the pensión?
Podróżnik I sure do think about that in each place we stay. All the rural villages around here are depopulating, especially the inland ones. There is no one else staying overnight here but us. However, they seem to do pretty well on the restaurant side. I asked them about it, and they said they are completely full during the summer season (because of their proximity to the beach). Even next week, they will be full for Semana Santa.
Laurie Reynolds I think I see some blue sea in one of the pictures — is this place walkable to the beach or sitting up high with a gorgeous view of it, or both?
Podróżnik 3.3 km straight down the road to the beach! (Ask me why we are taking the trail tomorrow instead, and probably spending twice as long descending some sheer drop!) I just added a photo before the video that shows the sea clearly as we were approaching the venta yesterday.
HiszpaniaAndalucíaMojacarPlaza del Frontón37°8’20” N 1°51’4” W 29 marca 2023, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
You know from our earlier posts that I am happy to make a trip all the way to Spain just to see a book that has historical information in it that can come to life in my mind as we are walking. So when Czytaj więcej
Laurie Reynolds So glad you are getting to see all of these hidden gems. Can’t wait till you get to some of those Moorish water systems, because even though I’ve heard your descriptions, I have not really understood them. Pictures will be great! Lovely spot for today’s destination!
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Heavens - congratulations… what a steep one ! Savour the view Ned. You earned it.
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Gosh Elaine - you look pretty spivvy for a Peregrina ! Lovely colour.