Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th January 2024 Leaving Sarriguren in Spain, we were then effectively retracing our steps to the French border. Border? ...what border? it seemed that all of a sudden we were in France, where we headed to the Atlantic coastal town of Capbreton to overnight on a large aire. Capbreton (Monday) Capbreton is a …
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Sunday 7th January 2024 Having made the decision to avoid the trip across the Pyrenees, we headed back towards Pamplona, stopping off as usual whenever we found a place to explore. Our destination for the night, was Sarriguren, an almost newly-built suburb of Pamplona, which has a motorhome aire. Jaca Our first stop was Jaca, a …
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Saturday 6th January 2024 We again spent the day travelling northwards to cross the Pyrenees. The plan was to overnight on a large Aire at Aínsa, then in the morning, setting off to Bielsa, on the D173 and taking the tunnel just beyond, to emerge in France at Aragnouet. We had planned to stay the night near …
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Thursday 4th January 2024 Continuing on our return journey in a a generally northwards direction, we visited a couple of small towns, staying overnight on an aire near the second one. Onda Although not travelling a large distance, we decided to break our day's journey at the small town of Onda, which is surrounded by …
Monday 1st, to Wednesday 3rd January 2024 After a stay of two weeks, we moved on from Calpe today, heading about 160km up the coast to Sagunto, which is a large fortified town with castle walls. Some distance away from the town centre, there is the port, a large marina and some beautiful beaches. We are staying …
Sunday 31st December 2023 Xaló Being New Year's Eve, many places were closed, but we visited the small town of Xaló where the Bodega was open for wine sales. After making some purchases, we had a wander around the town, arriving just about 12 noon, when the church bells started ringing a full peel. It was …
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Saturday 30th December 2023 Exploring high places seems to be a developing theme of this trip (and blog). El Castell de Guadalest is a small village of around 200 residents, high in the mountains above Benidorm. El Castell de Guadalest On our way, we passed a road vehicle museum and local retail shop which sold a …
Friday 29th December 2023 Gata de Gorgos We had decided to visit Denia, but on the way, stopped off at the small town of Gata de Gorgos, to look at the local wares on sale there. The town specialises in wicker/basket work and there are several retailers selling a wide range of such goods. Bags of …
Thursday 28th December 2023 Benidorm was always on the list of places to visit on this trip and I think it definitely lived down to expectations. It is an old fishing port which has expanded beyond belief. I am told it has the highest concentration of high-rise buildings in the world. At the end of one of …
Wednesday 27th December 2023 Today, we chose to explore the Calpe area further, by bicycle and on foot. Calpe is blessed with beaches that face two different directions. So far, we had only visited the western beach where the main town centre and harbour are situated. The "Platja de la Fossa" or Fossa Beach, is on the …
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"See-u-Later" 