Cerrada de Elias 21/3/22

After a very wild, windy and rainy night we drove a bit further into the national park for a walk along the Rio Borosa gorge. We were quite surprised that the road here from Cazorla was immediately quite narrow, with

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Cazorla 20/3/22

We’ve come a bit further east today to the edge of a national park, and the spectacular village of Cazorla. Just when we’re least expecting it, Spain delivers another gem to our doorstep. The village has mountains and a castle

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Baeza and Úbeda 19/3/22

Visited the small town of Baeza this morning. Recommended in the Rough Guide, it’s full of squares, palaces, churches and other ornate buildings, all in honey coloured stone. It was still cool today, so needed our coats on and the

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More Cordoba

Some strange noises coming from that zoo in the night! The sun was shining, so we set off to visit the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos. Inside was one of the largest Roman mosaics in existance – not sure how

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Córdoba

Córdoba Came further north today for a return trip to Córdoba. It’s such a beautiful old city with so much to see. Not much sunshine today though, and everything is still covered in sand up here. I’d read on the

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Antequera

I think we might have to build an Ark! It rained none stop all night, with a bit of thunder thrown in for good measure. At least by morning it was the cleaner stuff coming down so it had made

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Sandstorm

Well, at 8:30 this morning the sky had a very funny colour about it. Raining again, and when we opened the blinds, all the windows were filthy and the sky was orange. Sand was coming down with the rain. Guy

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Malaga

Poured with rain all night and most of the morning. We decided to drive into Gibraltar and fill up with diesel first. Not surprisingly, Morrisons didn’t have any of their super cheap stuff so we had to go elsewhere, although

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Gibraltar Again!

Same place for two days again! Dad’s wondering if someone has nicked the wheels. 😂 Truth is, it was pouring with rain this morning so we decided to make use of the laundry in the car park and get a

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