The Caravan Club Andulcian Grand Discover Tour. Granada

Wow

I honestly think thos is the best place for morning coffee in Spain! It does get better in April time whrn the whisteria comes out and theres still snow on the mountains!

The Resevoir is the most brilliant turquoise

how quickly this Tour has gone. Only 5 more days left. We are now at Las Lomas Camping. A beautiful site with incredible views and a resatauranto to die for. The towing to get here is not for the light hearted but as long as you have a good power to weight ration andf plenty of nerve its well worth it!
Yesterday we went to Granada. Not one of my favourite cities but Im probably not being fair as I have been many times before. The Morroccan Bazar is still good fun if you havent been before and the views of the Alhambra

The welcome meal provided by Paco was......ummm please can I have the same again for my breakfast,dinner and tea for the next week?!! Yummy would be an understatement. We have a day off tomorrow and then its our final destination Cabo De Gata. Tonight we are meeting up for drinkies in the bar as itsa member of the groups birthday. Well it would be rude not to wouldnt it?! lol
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The Caravan Club Andulucian Grand Discovery Tour. A great day watch someone try to spoil it!

We arrived at La Aldea camping at El Rocio on thursday after a very windy journey from La Rosaleda. We had a beautiful welcome meal in the restaurant with unlimited drinks! Hic!
 On friday we went in 4 x 4s to the Donana National Park to try and see the Lynx and the eagles.  We managed to see just about everything except either of them ..until I spotted a lynx!

Well that was the nearest that we came! Im not big into wild life but the Twitchers amongst us were extremely happy. For me it was the mother and her foal that did it

It was all amazing as is this entire area. What could possibly go wrong?!

Ok so this is a scam to be aware of and unfortunately hes english. The camper pulled on to the site after being thrown iff a local beauty spot by the Guardia Civil. There were lots of spaces available on the campsite but he delibwrately chose one where one of our members had left their nice car parked. He then used a good 4 metre chain to tie the car and motorhome together. He then left a note on the car demanding that we pay 8 euros to release our car! This guy was well versed in what he was doung and I suspect a scam that he has used before. Who chooses a putch where there is already a car on it when there are hundreds of others free? Who goes camping with such a large chain for no apparant reason? The campsite staff tried to reasin with him as did I but he was a master in nastiness. Rathwr than spoil the day as we had pressing party mattwrs to attend to I paid the 8 euros to mr horrible. He wanted 8 euros as he had paid on acsi and stated we had used half HIS pitch!  It was Wendy and Davids golden wedding anniversay so we couldnt let it pass without a celebration!

Then it was off to tge restaurant for yet another meal and more champagne-this time provided free by the campsite! Yesterday was a chilling day but I couldnt resist going back into El Rocio. I just love this place. The internet is so slow is my only complaint here! More pics later! Adios amigos! Camping la Aldea. Bungalows y Acampada en el Rocío. Almonte ...

The Caravan Club The Andulucian Discovery Grand Tour Camping Rosaleda and Cadiz

Well yesterday was a day off but all that meant was that we all did our own thing during the day but decided to meet up at 4 in the bar.....mistake! Blooming rugby was on! The sun was shining so us girls found ourselves a quieter more sophisticated spot!

                                             Now who put those wines in our hands?! .So today we caught the bus at 0930. Well no we didnt our luxury coach took us into Cadiz where we were met with the most enthusiastic guide who was so pasionate and interesting. His english was amazing and kept us all enthralled in this beautiful historical little City. The sea and water seemed to be everywhere. I hadnt appreciated before what a small place it was yet so important in european History. Its stunning

                    This is the castle that was used in the James Bond Film Die another Day

Our bus was great. We had it exclusively for us and just kept hopping on and off

So having walked, and been guided around the City it was time for lunch and then our coach journey back to our caravans. Tonight we are all going as a group to the restaurant where there is a Spanish Quartet playing and a buffet all for 9 euros. Who wants to cook?! Tomorrow we have another full day to Huelva which doesnt get us back until 9pm! What an excuse as if I needed one! 

Got to dash ,wine to be drank, people to be met..oh ho what a life! lol

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Oh I forgot one shot..the view from the sea of Cadiz. My imagination ran wild. Imagine seeing this view of the cathedral after your long voyage from America!

Im sure some of the skyscrapers wouldnt have been ther but Im sure that the cathedral would have been! Im sure you gert my drift! lol

The Caravan Club The Andulucian Grand Discovery Tour Site 2

On Friday we left the lovely Bella Vista campsite and arrived at Rosaleda at Conil de Fronterra. The site is lovely, yet again. It is owned by a spanish family and is somehow modern but with acharming spanish quantnessabout it. The view from my caravan window is simply amazing

Yes thats the Atlantic sea in the distance. Whoever said that Spain isnt green..well they havent seen Spain! The facilities here are really second to none. Bella Vista is good as it had wet room but these showers are the best yet! Shower heads that are about ten inches in diameter with fast hot and I mean hot water, oooh so powerful. Better than my Aqualisa at home! So after we arrived we had a meal in the restaurant with Flamenco dancers. What a night

It all started off...sooo civilised

But then the stars of the show really came on. The flamenco dancers children. Great to see the tradition continuing and boy did they steal our hearts

It was all going far too well and they made the mistake of getting some of our group to dance!

Hmm I wonder why they are trying to train the youngsters up so fast?! Great sports though and good fun. The atmosphere was incredible. Other campers coming up to us and thanking us for letting them join in! One Swiss man was so impressed by our bizarre behaviour he came and found me the following day to ask if he could join the Caravan Club! There is simply no accounting for taste! I am certain it must have been near his medication time! 

Yesterday was a day off. Some went out exploring into the lovely Conil de Fronterra. The nearby town and seaside resort

It was all a bit too much for some!

Yes those black dots in the sea are people surfing!

What a stunning coastline. So very pretty and rugged.Today is another free day but teres so much to see and do in this area. We are going to the point of Trafalgar ehich is only about 10k away where the famous battle was fought and then we think we have found a local fiesta....maybe not but we are going to explore and a civilised? Apperitif drink in the evening to swap notes before our hectic day tomorrow of a guided Tour of Cadiz..oh no with this lot. probably ending up in the bar for our evening meal....what am excuse? Anothet Tour out on Tuesday ;;....when do we get a rest\?!!! Great group though!  1st March=/white rabbits and have fun whatever you do today!
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The Caravan Club Andulucian Grand Discovery Tour-what a start!

The Tour started officially on Monday with a lovely meal in the campsite restaurant, here at Bella Vista. It seems to be a very good group  with  many nutters having been on Tours with us before. Yesterday was supposed to be a free day but many people went into Gibraltar which is only a 25 minute drive away.
Today was our first trip out to Ronda and what  a superb day it was. The luxury coach arrived early and off we went. We met our english speaking guiode who was simply fantastic. He was actually born in Ronda and what he didnt know about the place wasnt worth knowing. We started with some amazing views of the campsite and then some more at Ronda created by an eathquake heaven only knows how many thousands of years ago

                             Sunrise over the wonderful Med from Bella Vista Campsite

This was one of the most unusual Bullrings that I have seen. They said that in the centre bit that this one is the largest. Unfortunatly its still used very much today.

The outside of the Bullring

The views were just spectacular

Yes that is water down there!

This town is sooo Spanish you just have to love it!

We then had free time to buy some luch, go shopping etc. The shopping was disappoiting girls..it was siesta time! We had one more suprise though.. we bumped into some friends from Marjal camping! It doesnt seem to matter where we go in Europe.. we bump into our mad fellow camping friends! It was great to see you both Jon and Carolyn.

Enough Spanish. We move on tomorrow, heading more and more into deepest Andulucia and I am low on Cadburys chocolate! Disaster!!! No. We are heading to Gibraltar for one last time to stock up at Morrisons. This life is great but theres only one thing thats essential as the caravan or car....chocolate! Cadburys!!! Oh and then theres Yorkshire Tea Bags...You can take the lass out of Yorkshire  but you cant take Yorkshire out of her! Have a good day whatever you are doing!

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