Summer 2010 - Part One

I can't believe how long it is since I put anything on this blog!

We left Zahora mid April and spent nearly 6 weeks travelling before we got back to Glossop! Could have walked it quicker!

We stopped off to see friends and family along the way of course!
Liz in Seville, John and Zoe on Aguadulce, Patricia and Tom in Sayalonga, Diane and Roy in Sucina and Frankie and Steph in Toulouse.

Marie and Liz in Sevilla. Standing on Liz's balcony in the heart of the city. Sevilla is a fascinating lively city - the real heart of Spain. Flamenco, oranges, wine - great place.







The beautiful Embalse de Negratin near Baza
This is near to the campsite we stay on when we meet up with Vi and Steve in Baza. Beautiful unspoilt area.
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With Steph and Frankie at Chateau de Foix.
We had a great 2 days in Toulouse with them.








A statue of Cyrano de Bergerac in the old town of Bergerac on the Dordogne.










Our van parked in the aire at Montreuil-Bellay. Lovely little town with a pointy roof chateau and a pretty river!








St Valery en Caux - we stopped here for lunch and a look at the view. I managed to trip up (over nothing!) and hurt my shoulder, ribs, knees and elbow! Pathetic or what???
Nice little town - very busy.

Last day in France - tomorrow we're on the train through the tunnel and into England.


13th May - now and England and first stop was Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Narrow Gauge Railway. Never been there before - very interesting!






We spent a week at a CL in Wateringbury near Maidstone.
Lovely site on Bow Bridge Marina.
By the side of the River Medway.
Next to a railway station.

We saw quite a lot of our cousins Sue and Steve which was lovely - had a great day out with them in Whitstable - lovely fish and chips!

We also had a day out in London - by train - doing the tourist bit!


We spent the following weekend at the Motorhome show in Newbury with the MotorhomeFun gang - great fun as usual! We also met up with our gorgeous granddaughter Diva on the Saturday - she got the train over from Reading. It was so lovely to see her - we don't see her anywhere nearly enough!




After that we managed to drive up to Glossop!! Stayed a week on Windy Harbour then picked up Jake and went to the Stratford Motorhome Show for a week!
This is always a great week with the funsters camped on the racecourse, close to the river and the short walk into Stratford-upon-Avon. Jake enjoyed himself playing silly games with all the other kids camped with us! The weather was fantastic all week!

When we left Stratford we returned to Padfield and spent a couple of weeks house and cat sitting for Janis and Bill while they went off and walked the Pennine Way! Basically, they got a bus to Scotland and walked home the hard way across lots of hills!!!
We met up with them one weekend near Appleby and gave them 2 nights of decent sleep in the van and plenty of food!




So that's the end of Summer 2010 - Part One! Part Two will follow very soon!

Springtime in Zahora

Well the winter is over and we've had a few weeks of dry weather at last!
March 3rd we went to Barbate and had to dodge the waves - on the promenade! - spring tides combined with high winds!






March 4th our friends Joe and June gave a BBQ for us all as they were leaving a few days later. We had a great afternoon of sun, good company and fabulous food!






On March 7th we went to Montenmedio to see the horse jumping tournament - it's only a few miles from here and a fantastic place to while away an afternoon.
There was an international horse show on for about 3 weeks - top riders - Olympic champions etc! Free entry, free parking - freedom to wander around the place and watch the jumping and dressage, have coffee or a meal, browse around the (very expensive!!) stalls. What would it have cost in UK and what would security have been like?????



March 11th we had a day out in Jerez with our friends Lynette and Terry - we went to the Royal Equestrian School to see the dancing horses then had a trip around the Tio Pepe Sherry Bodega - very interesting day!






March 17th - St Pat's Day and another excuse for a party! We had sausages, bacon, mash, fried onions and onion gravy - lovely puds too! Irish music, Guiness and a quiz!







19th March we had a day trip to Seville - lovely city which we never tire of! I love the city and Rex loves Flaherty's Irish Bar where he has an Irish breakfast! Say no more!

We visited the Bull ring and had a tour around the arena and the museum - very interesting place and fantastic costumes on display!







March 22nd we had a day out in Arcos de la Frontera - very interesting little hill town perched on the edge of a cliff. Very narrow streets in the old town but the car drivers don't seem to notice that!!













Easter Sunday and guess what??? It's PARTY TIME again!!

Our numbers are decreasing as several people have left now - doesn't stop us partying though!