Spain 🇪🇸 Here we come again! 2025

Although sad to leave Sierra Espuna we were excited to be heading back to Benigembla in the Vall de Pop, where we were at the start of our trip, but sadly struggling then with gastric flu. With a couple of days to get out and explore before we were due there, we headed a short distance to the coast to Puntas de Calnegre, recommended by Roldon at our previous camp.  Although the cove and beach turned out to be lovely the main camping area looked awful! A sprawling mass of vans and caravans - definitely not our cup of tea, and as the coast was a protected area, sadly we weren’t permitted to camp off grid either 😢 So settled on a lovely picnic lunch on the beach, a roll and dig in the sand for Rubes, and a quick swim for Dave 😃 The temperature was rising, registering 27 degrees on the van (admittedly parked in the sun), so far too hot to leaves Rubes in the van and us go for a walk, decided to move on then, and spend the night elsewhere. Enjoying the picnic 🤣 Rubes couldn’t underst...

After our city fix for a few days, we were keen to get back to the peace and solitude of the mountains. Unfortunately there was still no word from the bike shop in Denia (waiting for a new part), so we headed north again to stay at one of our favourite places, Alcalali, in the Vall de Pop, and only 30 minutes away from Denia, to wait it out - a beautiful old finca run by the extremely friendly and welcoming couple Susana and Octavio. An old bull ring remains, now dedicated to horses, and surrounded by beautiful planting and old style horse paraphernalia- we soon found our spot to settle 😃 View from our park up The beautiful finca The old Finca Horse paraphernalia  Former bullring now houses horses Spent a lovely couple of days pottering around - and Ruby even came on a walk with us! Sadly Ruby is really struggling with her legs now, and is mostly keen to stay at home and “look after the house”. But her spirit remains, and she’s still having lots of fun 🤣 In fact a Dutch couple ca...