Rufus does Europe

We had a visit from a friendly policeman this morning. It took us ages to work out what he wanted but after a few hand signals, it seemed he just wanted us to turn the van around the other way

Guy lined an ambitious drive up for us today ..it was only about sixty miles but took nearly all day! We first had to retrace our steps back up through Casares then carried on up some very steep windy roads

A bit of a trip round on the buses today – they’re cheap and very reliable it seems…so reliable that we missed the first one as it was bang on time! 😂 We went to Puerto Banus first to have

Guy spied a Griffon Vulture up on a rock a million miles away this morning but the camera wouldn’t zoom in enough – probably needs another lens!? 🙄🙄🙄 Decided to head back to the coast via the scenic route. We

We loved Cáceres which we visited on the way south, but this one, with a similar sounding name is just as good. We came across country on some very windy but good roads, through another white town called Gaucin and

On a mission to investigate los pueblos blancos (white towns) in the hills, we turned inland this morning and had a bit of a false start. I’d found parking at Castellar and we thought we might rest our weary legs

Drove south, though Algeciras and round to Gibraltar this morning. Got secure parking just on the Spanish side of the runway with a fab view of the rock. Last time we came here, we drove around the rock in the

Decided to stay for one more day – mainly to finish drying the washing. Guy went to do a few more miles on his bike after waking up at 9:30 ..again!! This afternoon, we thought we’d go and see the

Totally different weather today. The wind has all but disappeared and it’s been warm and sunny 😎! Didn’t wake up until 9:30 ish …must be due to the hour that we lost coming out of Portugal. Double coffee and procrastination,

Both a bit zonked today. We gave brief consideration to the idea of getting a bus back into Cadiz to see the float parade but neither of us could face the two mile walk to the bus stop! Set off