Our second week here comes to an end and we're on the road again (as Canned Heat sang an incredible 47 years ago).
We've continued our routine of walking, boules, tennis, swimming and cycling - most recently along the coast path to Castellon. Pretty empty at this time of year; a few palm trees and
a trawler out at sea.
In fact we should really do more planning. Apart from the music festival in July, there is a blues fest in June and it seems that there is much more in Benicassim during the summer months than the rest of the year put together. We also discovered the Barcelona Beer Festival takes place every April with craft beers from around the world. The advertising video shows a few brewers discussing their products - and who is front of the queue Steve Os? Brewdog of course. Those shares at £95 a pop are looking mighty cheap now.
We also embarked on a pretty tiring walk. It took us about 10.5km but up to a height of 500m starting at sea level. It was a track rather than a path and whilst climbing up was fun, coming down less so as so many of the stones and rocks were loose. What made it worse and us feel old was the runner who left at the same time as us but went the other way, who we met coming down the other side after about 80 minutes. He would finish in less than 1 hour 40 mins - about 3 hours quicker than us. I couldn't understand how he ran and leapt and kept his balance with so much loose material underfoot.
Anyway the views were great
on both sides of the mountain.
And even better when we reached the top
There were old deserted huts and chapels en route
which added to the enjoyment.
It has to be said that after a few tumbles I was pretty glad to get back almost in one piece to my first cold beer.
Many thanks to Jude & Andy for their regular comment. I promise we won't look hungrily at your driveway on our next visit. Have a great trip to Russia. Thanks also to Sue and Dave for their e-mail and have a great time in Majorca next month.
In a few days we will be off to Tarragon which will be our last stop in Spain. So thanks for following our journey and more next week,
Adieu
J&P
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