Middle-aged flash packers

We didn’t get the opportunity to revisit Salamanca as S was not feeling too good. We think he has shingles as he has a rash of blisters on the left side of his back. He had this many years ago and it was not fun. Just as well our long weekend with J and N…

It has just occurred to me that I have been very remiss and not commented on expectations of Islantilla and Alcatraz. Here they are: Islantilla- expectations exceeded mainly due to the amazing beaches. Alcatraz – expectations dashed Last night’s venture into Caceres old town was a tale of two halves. Our usual habit when abroad…

The storm we expected all day yesterday finally arrived just before dawn. I know this not because of the crashing thunder or the lightning, but because I was already awake and up. The Alcatraz bed is truly terrible. It’s too small, sags in the middle and there’s a spring that pokes out on the edge…

We’ve become rather fond of Alcatraz, so much so that we booked to stay another two nights. I’ve become used to being a prisoner, as I can’t seem to manage to open the front door nor the bars on the patio door that provide freedom onto the back terrace. I have to wait for my…

In our defence, the whole point of a road trip is you can make it up as you go along – if your plans no longer make sense, rather than stick rigidly to them, you can be flexible and do something else instead. Now I know this probably isn’t the attitude that the great explorers…

As we are on the edge of the Sierra Nevada, it made sense to do some walking to experience this area. Our first hike took us to the Cumbres Verdes (the green summits) region which is just a 15 minute drive from our house. We parked at the Collado Sevilla car park after parking somewhere…

It was a dull, cloudy day as we hit the road again. On the way to our new abode near Granada, we stopped to visit the hilltop town of Ronda with its famous plunging Puento Nuevo bridge that connects the gorge separating the town. I don’t know if it was sightseeing fatigue or just the…