Chris, Melle, Homer and Roxy on Tour

  So much has happened in the last week I’m bound to miss a few things out or not give credence to everything we’ve done and seen and experienced. Anyway here goes; After leaving Murcia we drove all day to get to Marbella (nr San Pedro) where we had a fab few days staying with some very good friends, Spike and Anya. We haven’t seen them since before COVID so you can imagine the cerveza and wine flowed a bit as we caught up on each others lives and families. The four days flew by. Spike and Anya’s villa is in the hills above San Pedro just set back from the coast and the views are amazing - of the hillsides, the coast, the golf courses, of Gibraltar and also, on a good day, you can see Africa and Morocco. We still love living in our Homer but was a lovely treat to stay somewhere with a separate bedroom and kitchen and all the mod cons. And their apartment has all the mod cons with lovely outdoor lounging and eating area and barbecue and pool.  There are three bedrooms inside an...

So skiing is over and now we've got to get to Andalucia.  We are very definitely travelling and what a week of adventure we've had. Moving to a completely different landscape this week First of all we had to drive down from the Pyrenees through the Bielsa-Aragnouet tunnel into Spain and then down through an area that basically looked like the wild west of America.   Lots of mountains and tunnels this week starting with the Bielsa-Aragounet Tunnel in the Pyrenees It was a beautifully sunny day and the views were amazing from the blue / green Cinqueta river to the mountainous rock faces and stony boulder fields of the parched valley.  We drove all day and stayed overnight in the welcoming town of Tarres which is surrounded by olive groves and kindly provides a free stop for motorhomes with all the services including electric hook up.  To repay a little we wandered into town the following morning and had a coffee con leche in the welcoming community resteraunt and ...