Janet and John go to Spain

[Tezza33]

What are finer points?

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They are what you see with his posh xray camera

 

[Siimplyloco]

Tonight is our last night in Benidorm. We are clubbed out, worn out, browned right off and spent up! Still, we've had a great time, topped off last night with a visit to the Benidorm Palace. What a great show! Shown to our seat right by the stage, large G&T - or anything else you wanted- included in the ticket price and brought to our table, followed by a bottle of Rioja Rose in an ice bucket for a mere €10, and a bevy of gorgeous dancing girls -and blokes! - to watch close up. There was a topless show at midnight, but to be honest, it wasn't necessary and added nothing to our enjoyment. A terrific night out for €29!
Boring Benicassim next....
Janet and John

Cena Espectáculo - Dinner Show | Benidorm Palace

 

[Siimplyloco]

Barcelona, our last stop in Spain

Now listening to the subtle tones of aircraft....
Got here via Benicassim- boring - and Playa Montroig- great luxury!
Awoke to find a note from vivali- sent you a PM - hope it`s you!
Next stop French Pyrenees.
John

 

[El Veterano]

Hope to head that way. Lived in Ugijar, used to take friends and family down there for a bit of seaside and bling. I could also walk the dogs on the beach to the east of the town.
Has anyone stayed around St Jose at the Capo de Gata? I remember walking along the cliff path to several nearly empty coves with fantastic beach's.Dress optional!

There's an official aire in San Jose these days, but more interesting, for us at least, as you come into San Jose there stands the Hotel Cortijo De Sotillo on the left hand side. Never heard of it, no nor me, but this was the location for the opening scenes of the 1964 film 'A Fistful of Dollars' starring Clint Eastwood. And we were there on the very spot about 3 weeks ago.

 

[Siimplyloco]

Cremalla Rack & Pinion Railway in the Pyrenees

Our Rough Guide to Spain mentioned the rack-and-pinion Cremalla Railway, which was only 18km from our camp site near Ripoll in the Pyrenees. We emptied the tin box and found the necessary €38 for the return trip for the two of us, plus €3.60 for the optional cable car at the other end, and jumped on our little Vespa 125 and went up the mountain to the station in Ribes El Faber. The little train filled up quickly with some VERY noisy coach parties, but we closed our ears and we enjoyed the view along the Riu Freser gorge, the train going from 900m to nearly 2000m at Nuria in 35 minutes. I took a few photos, but the train windows were all closed, and I’m no David Bailey so my apologies! The cable car at Nuria took us up another 300m, which is exciting for those who like cable cars…..
La France tomorrow! Hoorah!
Janet and John
PS. We also saw this very useful sign for use by Alex Salmond....

 

[Tezza33]

Our Rough Guide to Spain mentioned the rack-and-pinion Cremalla Railway, which was only 18km from our camp site near Ripoll in the Pyrenees. We emptied the tin box and found the necessary €38 for the return trip for the two of us, plus €3.60 for the optional cable car at the other end, and jumped on our little Vespa 125 and went up the mountain to the station in Ribes El Faber. The little train filled up quickly with some VERY noisy coach parties, but we closed our ears and we enjoyed the view along the Riu Freser gorge, the train going from 900m to nearly 2000m at Nuria in 35 minutes. I took a few photos, but the train windows were all closed, and I’m no David Bailey so my apologies! The cable car at Nuria took us up another 300m, which is exciting for those who like cable cars…..
La France tomorrow! Hoorah!
Janet and John
PS. We also saw this very useful sign for use by Alex Salmond....View attachment 23267

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you might not be a David Bailey but Janet looks like a weather girl on number seven, thoroughly enjoyed this thread John, almost wish you were not coming home:dance:

 

[Siimplyloco]

you might not be a David Bailey but Janet looks like a weather girl on number seven, thoroughly enjoyed this thread John, almost wish you were not coming home:dance:

I'm glad you have enjoyed this short story, and we are not coming home just yet. We are tucked up in Le Bosquet, a delightful little campsite near Perpignan, and the Gin Palace in Montpellier will be boarded on Tuesday, and it's a good job I've got a dozen bottles of LIDL's Gin under the starboard seat........

Last picture of this thread: taken today at the high Pyrenees French border on the C38/D115 . There was no border post nor was there, surprisingly, a place flogging Spanish cigarettes or booze! By the way, on the route up we passed a little town called Vic. It was delightful, but I won't tell you about it, as that would be rubbing it in.......
My thanks for the 9000 + views of this simple story.
Happy Camping.
Janet and John