Finally, after twelve happy days, we are moving on. Guadalupe is not far away and there is a campsite a bit North of town. It’s in the hills and we are a bit worried that there’s not going to be…
10. PLASENCIA AGAIN AGAIN
One day we decided to head West towards Portugal. There are three rural hotels in the same chain as Glenda’s favourite near Monfragüe. These need checking out. On the way we stopped off at the remains of a Roman village,…
09. STILL AT PLASENCIA
Well, as I write this we aren’t still at Plasencia. But that’s another story. We went to Monfragüe for four nights and stayed twelve! For a rather scruffy, unkempt sort of a place it has certain attractions. Not the least…
08. PLASENCIA
We were happy to leave the “snow” in Segovia. It was two inches deep in places under the poplar trees – which should be renamed un-poplar at this time of year. The stuff gets everywhere and is very sticky when…
07. LIVERPOOL. WHERE’S THAT?
We heard that there was going to be a football match in Madrid at the weekend. Our site is predicted to be super-full as opposed to just standard-weekend-over-occupied. So we decided to re-locate to Riaza, about 50 miles further away…
06. MORE PASSES
Taking the road south out of our valley, we found a lovely little bakery/cafe in Canencia. Right on the “main” street. But “main” is a bit misleading. In half an hour four bikes and two cars passed us on their…
05. WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
It’s been so long, I’ve almost forgotten. After a (weekend) night next to the barbeque area at Haro with about 2.2 amps of electricity, we dashed off south to get away from the cold weather and the crowded site. And…
04. FIRST THINGS
Over the last few days we’ve had a few firsts for the trip. Our first view of a stork was filled fairly swiftly by loads more. Most nests around the Embalase de Pinilla have young about to fledge. One nest…
03. MISSING FRIENDS
We stayed in our Dutch camping – La Motte – in the middle of absolutely nowhere – for two nights hoping Glenda’s back would get better. We had a lovely lunch on the terrace at the Bistro de Circuit. We…
02. FORTIES AND FIFTIES
We took “advantage” of the Brittany Ferries 75p offer and booked a hotel at Parthenay – the Villa Ayrault. To be fair to BF (and that goes against the grain!) they did give us – or at least “promised to…