Back to day 24. 17th
A day spent exploring the port area of Almerimar. It was very windy, but for the local kite surfers it was terrific
Travelled only 65 miles today to a quaint little town called Cabo Gato and wild camped right on the beach, along with ten or so other wild campers including 'Ducato' from our 'Wild Campers' group. A very dramatic location whith many attractions for the summer visitors, but sadly we forgot to take any photo's, but if you do get down there it's well worth a visit
Day 26
We travelled to the town of Calanegra by a very scenic and wibblely wobbely route through the mountains and joined half a dozen vans, again alongside a lovely beach albeit a black one.
Day 27
Costa del Sol. Arrived at El Arenal, Sunshine at last, but still no pictures-------------yet, I really must figure out how to move pictures about on the computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The main thing of note on the 238 km journey down here was the loss of our 5th gear. But having checked with various knowledgeable folks, it appears that the 5th gear is a separate entity, so the other 4 will work fine, it'll just mean that we will have to travel a tad more slowly. We are on a proper campsite with lots of facilities including very slow wiffy until Tuesday and then it's off again to who knows where. We discovered a wonderful Nepalese restaurant about10 minutes walk away and splashed out the best curry that we have ever had that included a 'doggy bag' that fed us tonight.
Tonight being Day 28
Today started of fine, although it became cloudy around midday and cooled down. We walked down to the seafront which was really nice with lots of families enjoying the weather and a surfing competition. Sue managed to find a beachside cafe' that served hot chocolate and churros, that encapsulates Spain for her, me? I had a coffee. Being on a campsite means it's clean knickers time again. There are wonderful laundry facilities here for 3 euro's a go. We spent the rest of the afternoon chatting to folks on site, it appears that there are more Brits here than in the UK
The 'Oppies on tour should be made into a travel programme for Channel 4. To see you kite surfing Oppy would draw in the crowds. Perhaps do a bit of local cooking a la Rich Stein. The next episode could be "5th gear" antics presented by Jeremy Clarkson. cheers
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