Month: August 2022

More medieval walled town in the rain. This one is particularly lovely with a handful of little ‘I saw you coming’ shops and restaurants. We walked up to the top of the bell tower just as it struck – not

We had a lovely day yesterday as we had a visit from Guy’s sister Karen, John and our nephew Oliver. Although it was a bit cool and breezy at times, the sun shone brilliantly for most of the day. We

An early start for Guy today as he had arranged to go on an organised bike ride, similar to the British Sportive type event in that it’s not a race …allegedly. Thing is, he had the wrong type of bike

Still at Camping Moby Dick in Calella de Palafrugell – booked in until Tuesday. Yesterday Guy did his first proper bike ride in the morning and we spent the afternoon trying to pretend it was warm on the beach! Today,

Just managed to get out of the campsite before the 11am deadline. There was a big queue for draining and filling though so we abandoned the idea as the sun was shining. Straight run through Barcelona and out to the

Another seven miles around the city has just about taken my legs to their limit today 😂 We bought our tickets online to save queueing then got the bus into the city again. Off the bus at Plaça de Catalunya

Short drive this morning on the spaghetti-like motorways around Barcelona. Had to stop at Lidl again for water and a few things we couldn’t get the other day. Then fill up with LPG which thankfully, also has 20 centimes off

We decided to get the cable car both ways as walking would have involved a lengthy stretch along a busy road with no pavement. We took our lunch up with us and I was lulled into a false sense of

Seemed like a long drive today – we can tell we’re not used to doing much distance at the moment! Think it was about 150 miles so probably £600 in diesel! 😂🙄😂 Actually, there’s been a slight reprieve in Spain.

Drove further north and east today on a very windy motorway. Still cold but at least the sun was shining. Parked near the Zaragoza ring road and got the tram into the city. It’s a big place with lots of