Author: Janet

The wind was howling before 7am this morning..if we were getting out to escape the storm, it had to be now or never! I can’t function at all at that time in a morning, so it’s a good job the

Still warm and sunny this morning so we went for a trek up the nearest mountainside to the Torre de Santa Elena and then up higher until the path ran out. Great views over the bay but we were quite

Had an afternoon and evening out yesterday courtesy of friends Colin and Alicia, who very kindly picked us up from our parking in Torrevieja and took us back to their ‘urb’ for a lovely lunch with Aperols and a walk.Later

Looking out of the door whilst having breakfast this morning, what a vision to behold… the giant man in the van next door complete with giant belly and no shirt was busy reeling in his little plastic step on a

Fabulous night’s sleep by the sea listening to the waves – I actually woke up about seven and saw the sun rise. Tried to get a photo but forgot about the condensation on the windows! Unfortunately, the proper photographer was

A lot of faffing around before we left the campsite this morning – mainly because some idiot drained the fresh water rather than the grey water 🙄Guy had filled up the fresh tank with water that was supplied on the

Except for the early one that got up at 7:30am (not in the rules on this campsite – no surfacing until 9:30 earliest).The avid twitcher went to look for western swamp hens at sunrise..campsite gate was still locked, so he

A return to Camping Riberamar for the last couple of days, mainly to get our three loads of washing done.We arrived about lunchtime on Wednesday after a little more twitching around the Ebro Delta. More herons and flamingos but also

Guy did a sneaky van wash this morning with bucket and sponge then it turned into flying ant day in the countryside, except these ants were double barrelled and on steroids – cue many windscreen splats!Our neighbour this morning told

A bit of a trip through the Spanish countryside today as we were trying to keep away from the bad weather on the coast.After taking the van 10km up to a remote village to sort the drain etc (even free