So after a mammoth day in Seville yesterday we all woke late, surrounded by wet clothes and spent a morning preparing to head to Portugal which mostly meant trying to find some clean and dry clothes and then going to Decathlon to get some more clothes for M&D and then going to Mercadona to replenish food supplies and shop like we had never seen a supermarket before.... We eventually managed to leave about 2.30 for the 2 hour drive which we slowly realised wa...

We got up quite early and headed for a 9:00 bus. Unfortunately, we missed the 1st one so we had to wait another 15 minutes. Finally, we got off the bus and went to Dunkin coffee, which is a donut shop. I had a Christmas donut. Next, we went drumming and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Next, we went to the Cathedral, which is the biggest one in volume ever, and up the tower. After that, we went to the Alcazar and spotted symmetry. In the Alcazar, we bumped into Libby a...

After a morning of home schooling we headed into the white town of Olvera. Here we walked up to the castle on the mountain rock with fantastic 360 degree views over the area. You can see why the Moors and Christians fought over this castle. I love the fact we are travelling out of season as the museum guide had to open it up especially for us to climb to the top of the tower. We then drove to Seville to stay at an aire at Puerto Gelves marina ready for a tr...

We cycled from Olvera to Coripe and on the way stopped at two places which were Navalagrulla and Zaframagon. On the way back we stopped inside tunnel 14 and Estacion de Zaframagon and there were lots of vultures and I loved it. WORDS AND PICTURE BY DANIEL

So having listened to the rain most of the night it stopped about 4am and we were having breakfast whilst planning how best to escape our boggy pitch when it started again - panic - let's go before it gets worst. I jumped out into the mud to push and...... we drove easily away..... phew! So onwards to Jerez for a day at the Andalucian Royal School of Equestrian Art not quite sure what to expect. We explored the grounds and the museum first and quite enjoyed th...