On Thursday, having departed the busy area between Benidorm and Alicante, we travelled almost 300 miles with consummate ease towards Barcelona. We have now arrived at a lovely little bay in the rather smart village of Torre de la Mora. The bay is made up of fine sand with a shoreline of around 400 metres and at each end there are rocky outcrops, giving a cosy feel to the beach. Behind the beachhead, the ground rises into pine woods, which conceal the caravan site. Having said that, our caravan is directly up to the beach, providing the constant sound of waves lapping on to the beach and lulling us to sleep, or is it the red wine, I am not sure which.
We are a matter of around 5 miles from the ancient town of Tarragona, which will be visited in the next few days (kindly recommended by my brother).
We have come to the conclusion that this spot is so nice that there is no point in rushing away, so after a touch of brainwork, we have discovered that there is a car ferry linking Barcelona and Genova in Italy, which sails 3 times per week and the overnight sail will give us a cruise in the Med'. It will also save us 500 miles of driving, so we will stay here a bit longer, therefore, it may be a while before we do another blog. In any case, Margaret has booked a hair appointment for Tuesday
We have attached a couple of photos which show part of the bay and also the modest little swimming pool provided for site users benefit.
Sorry to hear about the distracted molar and the bike thief - but glad to learn that you surmounted both problems.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure the tractor photo you recently posted wasn't taken outside The Barn at Scorton?? It looks suspiciously familiar.
I am so pleased that you are going to visit Tarragona. It is twelve years since I was there but we were really impressed by it. The Roman quarter is interesting and if you get the chance, there is an aqueduct about two miles out of Tarragona but worth a visit because you can walk along it and the workmanship of the positioning of the stone blocks is amazing. Torre de la More looks really lovely. It's great having our own personal travel agent sussing out all these beautiful places for us!!! I hope that your hair will be as you want it Margaret, taking the language into consideration!!! Nothing much to report here except that it is cold. We are going to Hovingham, North Yorkshire on Friday until Monday and looking forward to the short break.
ReplyDeleteLove to you both, Anne xx
Beach at Torre looks like Borthwen!
ReplyDeleteWe had sunshine from dawn until dusk over the bamk holiday weekend, with hardly a cloud in the sky - missed you both, though.
Love DARR