Javea ~ 6th - 13th March

 We arrived late in the afternoon on the Monday and straight away met up with a number of friends we have met here over the years, which was lovely. Steve and Marina had also arrived a little bit before us, although they were not around when we arrived. After setting up, we headed off into town to get something to eat. The first restaurant we came to, which happened to be an Indian, Steve and Marina were in. So we joined them for dinner. I mean it had been a whole 2 or 3 days since we'd last seen them 😄.

Tuesday, we popped round to see John and Pat and then headed off into town just to have a wander and see what's new. We took a stroll down to the sea front and stopped for a little drink and tapas and met up with Steve and Marina. 

Wednesday we met up with Steve and Marina and went to the old town, via the orange groves, to the indoor market bar for lunch. After this we headed to the port area where we stopped off at The Corner bar and then walked back to camp. Later, we met up with John, Pat, Steve, Vicki, Steve and Marina for dinner. All very confusing having 3 Steve's in the group. Anyhow, we had a very enjoyable evening.



Thursday, we headed off to Cap Prim, which is one of our favourite walks here. Whilst there we bumped into Tina and Kevin, walking their dog Pippa. After a chat with them, we carried on with our walk to the end of the pennisular. 

On our way back, we stopped off for a drink and met up with Steve and Marina in the Geographic bar. We then headed off to another bar, Octopus, where we struggled to get them out of there as they were enjoying the music too much. We then went and had paella before heading back to camp. Steve and Marina are heading off tomorrow, starting their way back home.
Friday we did the lighthouse walk. This is a lovely walk and it pleases us every year we come to see the growth of the trees that have sprung up getting bigger, following the total destruction a fire caused some years back now. It's started to get pretty hot here, although a slight cool breeze is keeping it quite pleasant. Once we had dropped back down into the port, we stopped off at The Corner bar for a couple of cold soft drinks. Yes, soft drinks, it was quite hot by now and we were parched. 
Saturday, we headed up to the old town, via the orange groves and sent to the market bar for some lunch. We then strolled back along the port area and along the front back to site. We then went and watched the rugby. Well that was a big disappointment!

Sunday we popped round to see John & Pat for a catch up. John hadn't been too well, but he was a lot better when we saw him. After this we headed off to Creme de la Creme, which isn't called that anymore, but hey, it's still more or less the same, for our breakfast. Most enjoyable. But it is so hot. The last couple of days have been ridiculously hot. So we didn't do much as we didn't have too much enthusiasm for anything. We did in the end go for a walk, Cala Barraca and thankfully by then it was quite shaded. This is a beautiful quiet cove, which was more or less deserted, which amazed us considering it was so hot. Once there, we stopped briefly at the bar for a drink and then headed on back.
Monday, we went out with John and Pat to Moraira. This is a lovely town not too far, which we often cycle to. This time we went in their car, so it was a very enjoyable ride there. We strolled along the front and then they took us to a little cove we've never been to before, with a lovely bar/restaurant right on the waters edge. It really was very beautiful. We had a most enjoyable lunch and stroll back. What a great end to our first week and hey, we've got 3 more weeks here 😊.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Granada 3rd - 10th March

Image
  So here we are in Granada. We are about 10 miles outside of the city, up in the Guejar Sierra. This is the view from our campsite, looking over the mountains, some of which still have snow on the top. It's surprisingly wam here for this time of year. Normally, the weather has been either too cold or wet, or both!  We are here for a week to do some walking. This is a new site for us, although we have in the past visited Granada itself. It's pretty remote here, with not a lot going on other than lots of goats everywhere. That makes me happy. It's pretty quiet too but thankfully the site has a mini shop and a bar with restaurant, which has an open log fire 😊. Tuesday we decided to visit the local viallage, taking the scenic route there, which meant going up and around and dropping into the village walking down to the main square. A typical village, with not a lot happening.  However, there are a number of walks we wish to do here, so we did a recee to find the start ...
Read more

Navajas ~ 6th - 17th February 2025

Image
So here we are again. Our first stop off the ferry. It's a littlle cooler than usual, but hey, the sun is shinning and it's great to be here again. We've met up with our friends, Marina & Steve. It was planned, but we literally pulled up right behind them. Couldn't plan that if you tried. So of course once we got ourselves settled, we headed for the restaurant for food and wine! Friday, a leisurely stroll to the waterfalls and on towards Segorbe, stopping at the ford. It was a pleasant stroll and just nice to get out in some warm weather. Saturday, we walked up behind the campsite. It's a bit of a struggle to get to the top, but we took our time and got there. We followed the route through orchards full of blossom and down to the resevoir, which is a lot fuller than it was last year. We then followed the laveda walk back into Navajas. A lovely walk. We stopped off in town for a beer and some tapas and then headed back to camp. Later we went to the Harvey's t...
Read more

Haro - April 2025

Image
So here we are, our last stop before catching the ferry home. It's a long drive here, so we arrived quite late, but as soon as we got ourselves sorted, we were off out up into the square to stretch our legs and get something to eat. Naturally, we went to our favourite bar here, Bar Beethoven. You know what, it's great when you turn up a year later and you get a warm reception. We were told that we are now regulars 😊. Tuesday we decided to take it a bit easy and so we took a stroll along the river to the next village, Brinas but unfortunately they were working on the bridge, so we turned around and picked up the via verde in the other direction, following the river still. We had a very pleasant walk. The water levels here are certainly high. We know that Spain has had a very wet winter and fortunately, we've managed to avoid a lot of the rain, just had a couple of wet days on the trot, mind you, they were seriously wet days, raining non stop. Still, they needed the rain. Af...
Read more