Who doesn’t like a “holiday within a holiday” ? 🙂 I came across the Costa Blanca Birdwatching Club on the internet who had a meeting scheduled at the Mar Menor. We signed up! The Mar Menor is a 170 Km2…
Category: Xabia, Spain December 2019
Bits & Bobs & Postcards ?
Some of this is a wee bit out of order as some of it was before El Hondo birdwatching. Just a few memory joggers for us in future 🙂 This is starting to feel like writing a lengthy, dull Postcard!.…
El Hondo & Santa Pola
We indulged ourselves with a bit more birdwatching. Wetlands / Salinas are a good option whilst Aileens knee is still painful, as you can see a lot from near the car,….but at least her knee is getting better. The flip…
L’Albufera Natural Park, Valencia
We had heard L’Albufera just on the outskirts of Valencia was worth visiting so we headed off for an explore. It’s a large freshwater lagoon only 10km from Valencia and separated from the sea by a strip of land and…
Denia & Windmills
The fine weather continues. It would be nice if the shade temperature was as high as our first 10 days but it’s still hot in the sun and we haven’t seen rain since France on 14th December. Can’t complain! Aileen…
Xabia New Year & Mountains
Well here we are at New Years Eve…..doesn’t time fly! We re-visited Bar Fuego for a simple breakfast and their excellent coffee. Aileen was still sporting her Xmas jumper to keep in the festive spirit! We had booked a table…
If it’s not one thing……
Xabia has worked out pretty much as we hoped after our initial one day visit in Feb 2018 with the SAAB with stuck-on brakes (towards the end of the 8 week(ish) tour), and a week we spent in Jan last…
Zaragoza to Xabia (Javea)
Our last leg. Zaragoza to Xabia (Javea) is about 5 hours non-toll (not a lot faster taking the toll road). Interestingly there were digital sign up offering lorries reduced rates for using the toll road……and a big chunk of toll…
Logrono to Zaragoza
This was a fairly straightforward, 2 hour non-toll road run to Zaragoza. The weather was dry with high cloud and an eerie mist hanging over the landscape. There were vineyards everywhere. Still bare, but they were being worked. Pruning, tilling…
Onwards to Logrono
We were blessed by a bright day as we headed from France into Spain. In fact, despite our plans being “messed up” by the cancellation of our Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander due to bad weather, we were actually a…