Yes, we're still here. No reason to move really. Today we caught the bus to Puerto de Mazarron, ten minutes down the road. It was strange to be walking around a town with shops, banks, restaurants etc.. We haven't done that for a while so we celebrated by buying 2litres of wine for €2.60 from the friendly wine merchant, had a coffee and caught the bus back!
After a leisurely lunch in the sunshine (you're getting sick of this aren't you?) we walked along the beach to a tiny cove with a couple of small fishing boats and a small sandy beach. There's 18km of continuous unspoilt beach here, where we are there is a boardwalk with a mix of houses, bars and restaurants, mostly closed at this time of year. Palm and tall Eucalyptus trees line the pavement and there is a sandstone cliff about 200m inland which has been eroded into some weird, bizarre shapes. It's a lovely spot with none of the massive high rise hotels further up the coast. On the way back we watched the sunset behind the mountains over the bay. It really doesn't get much better than this so we'll probably stop for another couple of days and then move down the coast to Los Escullos to a campsite recommended by the only other English guy we've found on this site. It's interesting here, it's a large campsite with enclaves housing French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian folk with massive motorhomes. You can tell the Dutch 'cos they all have potted plants round their pitches!
Pat
After a leisurely lunch in the sunshine (you're getting sick of this aren't you?) we walked along the beach to a tiny cove with a couple of small fishing boats and a small sandy beach. There's 18km of continuous unspoilt beach here, where we are there is a boardwalk with a mix of houses, bars and restaurants, mostly closed at this time of year. Palm and tall Eucalyptus trees line the pavement and there is a sandstone cliff about 200m inland which has been eroded into some weird, bizarre shapes. It's a lovely spot with none of the massive high rise hotels further up the coast. On the way back we watched the sunset behind the mountains over the bay. It really doesn't get much better than this so we'll probably stop for another couple of days and then move down the coast to Los Escullos to a campsite recommended by the only other English guy we've found on this site. It's interesting here, it's a large campsite with enclaves housing French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian folk with massive motorhomes. You can tell the Dutch 'cos they all have potted plants round their pitches!
Pat
Great to hear your travel news, enjoying it vicariously as we sit at home, piling logs on the logburner.Very foggy mornings lately,grey,grim mornings, can you remember any of that! Enjoy every minute xx
ReplyDeleteWe feel for you George, we really do. You'll just have to make the most of those wintry mornings. Maybe you'll be somewhere even warmer soon?
DeleteHope the boys are ok, give them our love x
Sounds idyllic, I think we flew over you today heading North to icy England from Feurteventura, will continue to enjoy reading about your adventures. Love Bill and Julie x
ReplyDeleteHey, good to hear from you Bill. Hope you had a great holiday. Yeah, that was you flying over us, we could hear Julie :)
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