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Oktober – Disember 2024
  • Misadventures Of Wanda
This is our journey back to France, Spain & Portugal to visit some of the things we’ve overlooked in the past. Baca lagi
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    Medieval Pals by Night

    20 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    After heading out on my bike down the gravel tracks for 30km in the afternoon and then heading out for ice cream at the edge of town when I got back back, we decided to head back up to town in the evening to see it lit up.
    We are so lucky to travel this time of year when there aren’t many other travellers and to wander around the streets of towns like Pals completely alone and image what it must have been like hundreds of years ago when the streets where lit with torch’s, if atall, and horses and carts were going up and down the cobbled streets.
    Even the church doors were wide open and we just entered completely alone to get some pictures.
    We got back to Wanda around 8pm and we our surrounded by 6 other motorhomes but it’s pretty quiet.    Baca lagi

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    Peratallada

    21 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We had a good nights sleep in our little car park, tucked in between several other motorhomes from all nationalities. I had promised Ellie that todays location would have an amazing pastry shop but as I checked on google maps I realised the hours had changed because we’re out of season and they now close on Mondays and Tuesdays.
    I looked for a bakery in Pals, the town we were still in and found one just 20 meters up the road.
    The bakery did an array of disgustingly gorgeous looking cakes and it take us ages to choose and when we did I managed to order in Spanish, a chocolate coffee cake which was probably the best cake I’ve ever had.
    From pals it was just a 20 minute drive to our only stop of the day, the medieval town of Peratellada. When we arrived quite late at 10:30am most things were still closed or just opening so we managed to get some good photos, but by 11am everything that was going to open was open and a couple of coaches of tourists turned up.
    It was a pretty town with cobbled steets dating back to the 10th century and it did have a castle but there’s not a lot left of it now.
    Once we had done 2 laps of the town we decided to move on and start heading to our next place.
    This meant moving area completely and heading south towards Valencia and the Ebro river where we went 2 years ago.    Baca lagi

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    A Quick Stop

    21 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We decided on route to stop and get our washing done which took 90 minutes to wash and dry. During this time we had lunch and filled Wanda with diesel then emptied our grey and black water for nothing and filled up with freshwater for nothing at a roadside aire.Baca lagi

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    A night in El Masroig

    21 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    I didn’t think we would make it comfortably to our final destination so whilst parked in the services we found a free Motorhome aire in the town of El Masroig.
    Even according to the description there is nothing in this town except the wine shop because the town is run as a cooperative. Whilst sitting outside of Wanda I waved at an old boy walking past and he came over and started a conversation. I told him I only spoke a little Spanish but that didn’t deter him from telling us about his Motorhome, the fact that he was 80 years old, and was I going to the wine shop? It was a nightmare and even when I said it was lovely to meet you and bye he carried on talking knocking my confidence even more. If only he’d asked me if I wanted a cat or a dog or even to book him a table for dinner I’d have been fine.
    Wandering through the town it looks run down and closed but there were lots of children playing and absolutely no cars. There were also no shops except for a pharmacy.
    When we got back to Wanda there must have been 10 children talking to the other motorhomers, the couple next to us were German and then there was a Dutch couple. We stopped to speak to everyone and the kids were learning Dutch, German and now English and we were all learning Spanish. Now I know how far I’ve got to go to actually have a conversation with anyone.
    Our aire here is free, with free water and grey and black waste and we have a beautiful Mountain View and even though Ellie and I aren’t very sociable this is definitely the friendliest town we’ve ever been too. Everybody wants to speak to you.    Baca lagi

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    Corbera D’ Ebre

    22 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We were woken extremely early at 4:30am by a car alarm going off which then proceeded to sound every ten minutes until I finally got up at 6:30am to the sound of one of the bins being emptied by a farmer with a tractor and trailer and then a procession of tractors proceeded down the road every 2-3 minutes. For such a quiet village it was a very noisy start to the day.
    We left the park up at 10am and then drove 15 miles down the road to the town of Corbera D’ Ebre.
    The upper town was completely destroyed in the Spanish Civil War during the Battle of the Ebro (25 July–16 November 1938) and although the lower part of the town was rebuilt, the upper part, known as Poble Vell (Old Town), including the old church on the hill, has been kept as a reminder. I had found this location from watching abandoned engineering and as we were passing I wanted to stop and see it.
    The 115-day-long Battle of the Ebro, was the longest, bloodiest and most decisive battle of the Spanish Civil War.
    It’s an unbelievable sight to walk around and although we have been to other worn torn towns this particular one is more rubble than buildings.
    The troops that fought at the battle of Ebro had come from the town of Belchite. That is tomorrow’s location.
    We only spent about an hour at Corbera d’ebre and then after not finding a decent spot to sleep in Xerta we drove to the town of Miravet. We were last here exactly 2 years ago today. We love this area and as soon as we stopped I headed out on my bike on the roads and I was only passed by 1 car over 30km.    Baca lagi

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    Belchite

    23 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We left Miravet just after 8am and took a 100 mile drive to our next location. Belchite.
    This town is where the American troops were based before heading to Corbera D’ebre for the battle of Ebre and is another bombed out town left as a memorial.
    Belchite has a beautiful Motorhome area and we parked next to a British couple and as soon as we had parked they came over to tell us that Belchite was closed for a month from the 15th October to 15th November. I have to admit that in all of my research I didn’t realise it had opening times and we would need tickets.
    We had lunch and then took a stroll upto the old town remains where there was a path all the way around the edge and in actual fact it was probably a better view than had we been inside the town because now we had an overall view.
    At the end of the walk we passed by the front of the town and spoke to one of the riggers and asked her what they were filming and she told us it was the walking dead so we can forgive them and I’ll be looking out for Belchite in the new season.
    Then we headed back to Wanda and I took my bike out down one of the gravel routes for an hour to wear myself out before bedtime.    Baca lagi

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    Caudiel & The Via Verde Ojos Negros

    24 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We were up and ready to move by 9am and today I decided to skip a couple of planned locations.
    Our first stop should have been the remains of a castle and a short hike along some old Roman aqueducts on the way to the fortified town of Albarracin but checking google we’d have had to pay to enter the citadel and then had to pay again to enter the church which is the main attraction. Also we couldn’t sleep at Albarracin so we’d have had to find somewhere to camp.
    After that we should have been heading to Teruel which is our closest city but that was just to look around so we skipped that and headed further down to the next spot on the list Caudiel.
    After filling up with LPG, diesel and fresh water at a lovely free Motorhome area in Teruel we got to Caudiel at 1:30pm after a 150 mile drive.
    We are here because this place sits right in the middle of the Via Verde Ojos Negros a cycle greenway that covers 200km from the coast at Valencia right upto Zarragozza. It is a mega cycle route and I’ve already done large sections of it.
    After lunch I took the bike out and headed downhill towards Valencia for 20km, then turned around and came back which took 90 minutes.
    This via verde actually has a gradient running from 2% to 4% all the way from the coast inland and tomorrow I’m going to cycle uphill for 50km before turning around and heading back.    Baca lagi

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    The Via Verde Ojos Negros

    25 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌩️ 13 °C

    Today was a quiet day. We got up early at 7:30am which was lucky because the builders that are currently making this beautiful Motorhome area turned up at 8am with diggers and Lorry’s.
    I left Wanda at 9:30am and headed inland and uphill on a 4% gradient for 50km. And then turned around and headed back.
    It was a lovely ride although a little chilly. This is the coldest we’ve ever had it in Spain and for all except one day we’ve had rain.
    When I got back I had a shower as we have free water on tap and then we just chilled out for the rest of the day ready to move on tomorrow.
    Rain was forecast for tonight but at 7pm it got very, very black outside and then a storm broke with crazy amounts of lightning and thunder. We’re hoping it will stop by bedtime so we actually get some sleep.    Baca lagi

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    Alcalá de Júcar

    26 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    We were woken up early this morning by the digger returning at 7am.
    I didn’t mind to much as we had already said we’d be in the move early. Today was my 50th birthday so after opening cards and presents and getting a video message from Expedition Unknowns Josh Gates, at 8:30am we rolled out.
    We decided to skip 2 major hikes and a couple of sleepovers due to the heavy rain last night and we took a 150 mile drive to the ancient town of Alcalá de Júcar nestled deep in the mountains.
    I had obviously seen this place on La Vuelta judging by the switchbacks and huge decent we took to get into here and I’m really glad I saved this place.

    Alcalá de Júcar dates back to the year 0. It’s over 2000 years old and people were living in the mouths of caves in wooden structures first before chiselling out the cave houses we see today.
    It’s an amazing town built on the side of a mountain and the streets are just wide enough to 2 horses side by side up them.
    So how do the residents move around now?
    Quad bikes. Even the older generation.
    We visited the home of a very famous Spanish bullfighter called El Diablo, infact he actually let us in when I tried the door. It was an amazing. Cave house with lots of historical artifacts mainly to do with farming and the famous people he had met over the years including Salvador Dali.
    From there we visited the castle, which had been structurally restored and stands proud at the very top of the town.
    We got back to Wanda just after 5pm for dinner and then waited for it to get dark and head back out to get some shots of the town lit up. It looked really pretty.    Baca lagi

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    Caravaca de la Cruz

    27 Oktober 2024, Sepanyol ⋅ 🌩️ 13 °C

    We had very noisy neighbours last night, who for part of the night thought it was ok to tie there barking dog to there rear bumper and leave it out there barking it’s head off. Then they were going in and out of there Motorhome until atleast 1am banging the door.
    To top that off at 7:15am they ran there engine for 45 mins obviously charging something and then walked around the Motorhome area with their barking dog.Basically we had arsehole neighbours!!
    We left at 8:30am and our next official stop was the Catwalks of Castril but that was a 200 mile drive and I didn’t fancy that, so we stopped at 150 miles in the town of Caravaca de la Cruz. This town plays host to the one true cross and it is housed in the towns Basillica. It is said to have healing powers.
    Legend has it that the town was under siege by the moors and they had run out of water. The knights Templar heard of the townsfolk plight and rushed to help them but could only find wine to give them and sent their horses up to the town laden with wine. The townsfolk were saved and the injured were miraculously cured and the moors defeated and now the town is one of five pilgrimage sites in the world recognised by the Christian church.
    Until we arrived here we didn’t know any of this until we visited the towns church and then the fortified basilica at the highest point of the town.
    Obviously we don’t believe any of that bible rubbish and it’s just another form of control, but the medieval parts of the town and historical centre were great to look around. Obviously the Christians love a gift shop because there were crosses and pilgrims staffs being sold everywhere.
    We got back to Wanda at 5pm and spent the rest of the evening watching TV whilst it rained again.
    It is unseasonably cold at just 16°c and after checking the weather, after Wednesday it should start warming up again.    Baca lagi

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