.Hola, 20/09/09...178 miles to Cordoba are first stop on the way back to the UK, A very modern city, with a wealthy feel. We stayed for 2 nights and visited the Mezquita a huge mosque that was built by the Moors in 785 and then became a cathedral,It holds a capacity of 15073 worshippers ( we think that includes the priest). Tuesday we carried on 220 miles to the historical town of Aranjuez the Spanish version of Versailles ?, We visited the Palace Real and mu...

Hi, We left Valencia, and the chalice of the holy grail, the bones of St Thomas and St Vincents arm, too the Grand Prix boys on Friday 21/08/09, the camp-site was charging over inflated prices, so we moved on to the mecca of the costa's, Benidorm !, Land of the high rise, neon signs, Karaoke (sing along a northern person) and shops selling lilo's and other crap, Benidorm has everything for a package holiday, a huge beach, even water sking on a mono rail ( surp...

Hi, We left Valencia, and the chalice of the holy grail, the bones of St Thomas and St Vincents arm, too the Grand Prix boys on Friday 21/08/09, the camp-site was charging over inflated prices, so we moved on to the mecca of the costa's, Benidorm !, Land of the high rise, neon signs, Karaoke (sing along a northern person) and shops selling lilo's and other crap, Benidorm has everything for a package holiday, a huge beach, even water sking on a mono rail ( surp...

Hi, We stayed in Pals for the week, watching the camp-site slowly emptying, talking to the friendly Dutch campers who said the weekend rush was over and everywhere was now quieter than previous years in Spain (it appears the south of France and the overflow in northern Spain are the only packed areas) . On Tuesday 11/08/09 we set off 50 miles further south to Pineda de Mar, a small beach resort with a train station to Barcelona, another huge empty beach with...

Hola, On Wednesday 29/07/09 we left Avignon and headed in to rural Provence, We spent 3 days on and around Mt Ventoux (the windy mountain), just missing the tour de france's penultimate leg, you could still see all the painted messages on the roads, we rode only part of the climb, Bedion a small town at the start of the climb is a cyclist mecca, lycra and road bikes everywhere for cycling's version of the marathon. Saturday we called in on Anne and Alan,...