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what, who, why?
What is a middle-aged flashpacker? See below: Hello! This is me, Jill, on the Bangkok train to Trang, Thailand. You’ll notice some similarities to a back packer – a backpack (ok, it’s small), travelling on a train, beer. However, it’s the differences that make me a flashpacker. Please observe the luxury (!) of the 1st…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Days 7 and 8 – San Lorenzo de el Escorial The weather continued its gloomy dampness as we drove on to SL. There was much more traffic on the road as we are close to Madrid now. Having googled what to do in SL apart from visit the monastery (more of a palace really) we…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Day 6 -Las Barrancas de Burujon walk I read about this hike on someone else’s blog (novo-monde.com) I liked the sound of it so put it on our list for Toledo when we got fed up with sightseeing. We hiked up to the Carrefour Express and grabbed some sandwiches for lunch. Our apartment (Apartamentos San…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Day 5 – Toledo sightseeing and river walk We have shutters on the windows here so would probably have slept until midday had our eldest son and grandson not FaceTimed us to catch up. They are also on holiday and it seems that Jamie who isn’t quite 2 has taken a liking to olives which…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at Windmills
Day 4 – Toledo Yesterday evening we were very much looking forward to a tasty meal at The Coto de San Juan. Home cooked food at a fair price, 10 minutes walk down the road. Excellent. I checked their website which stated they were definitely open. Except they were not. Oh dear. The curse of…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at Windmills
Day 3 – Ruta de el Escalaron y La Raya. Serrania de Cuenca National Park We did a fabulous walk today. More quality than quantity (it was approximately 6 miles), it delivered in spades. Another leisurely morning. It’s been so nice not having to rush out. First it was a quick hop over to the…
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Spain La Mancha -Tilting at Windmills
Day 2 -Exploring Cuenca Any thoughts of attending the hotel gym were quashed by Steve’s cold and my sore arm. Instead we stayed in bed, ate danish pastries and looked at our phones. Honestly, anyone would think we’re on holiday. Eventually we dragged ourselves out to explore the old section of Cuenca. Now a UNESCO…
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Spain La Mancha- Tilting at Windmills
Technically only two of the places we intend to visit are in La Mancha but I liked the title and two out of three isn’t bad according to Meatloaf. Famous for Manchego cheese, wine and windmills, a week pottering around Cuenca, Toledo and San Lorenzo de El Escorial sounded just the ticket. The only downside…
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Al Wasil to Sur. Will we ever learn?
Posted on March 19, 2019 by veggiegirlmarlow After breakfast, Hakhan told me if we wanted to follow him back to Al Wasil, he was going in 5 minutes. Yes we did, it was quite a long journey with no road markings – thanks for the short notice Hakhan. I hurriedly got ready and told Matt and Ben too.…
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Gran Canaria – Isle of Dogs
Playa del Aquila I’ll tell you what happens when a coastal event warning is given – very little. I was imagining a tsunami but got not even a wave. We had a lovely sunny day interspersed with the odd cloud and a tiny sprinkling of rain to complete our Gran Canarian holiday. We were quite…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Spain La Mancha – tilting at windmills 2026
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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