Saturday 7 January 2017

The Ricote Valley

Travelling south on the A30 motorway from Albacete towards Murcia, we turned off at Abaran and as we continued south it was like we had stepped into another world, the transformation in scenery was dramatic! The barren mountainous open spaces and sweeping motorway gave way to an oasis of palm trees, orange and lemon groves, small rocky outcrops, rivers and tight, twisty roads. In just a few miles it was as if we had been transported into another country. The Ricote Valley is a must visit place for anybody travelling through this region, we stumbled across it by chance, and are so glad we did!

Campervanners are well catered for here with none of the usual restriction notices displayed, so we took the opportunity to give Harry his first wash in 1,800 miles and he now looks like somebody owns him! Other than no electricity, everything at the aires is free, no charges for water or disposal of stuff.
Aire at Ricote (town) the open door and fly net across gives an idea of the climate!
Harry, mid wash.

If the weather holds (it’s much warmer here than 3,000 feet further up) then we are looking forward to spending a few days in the area and finally getting the bikes out. We will hopefully bring you some decent photos soon.
Another town - another car park.
Archena aire where we are hoping to stay for a bit.

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  1. Storm Dancer8 January 2017 at 10:33

    Pleased you've found some warm sun at last. Here the light grey fog has given way to dark grey fog, but the forecast assures us it will return to light grey fog again before the 50 mph winds and heavy rain starts tonight. Sigh. Isn't Cumbria wonderful?

    Last day of the hols for me. Back to the sharp end tomorrow. 500+ emails, phone calls from @&£! 'oles, deadlines, reports... Oh joy. But someone has to work to pay for your holidays lol. Go live the dream chums. Not long and we'll be there with you. Enjoy every moment :-)

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    1. Rachel and Brian8 January 2017 at 16:47

      Great to hear from you! Well, if you will stay in Northern Europe what can you expect and anyway we AREN'T on holiday, it's life (Jim but not as we know it!):-D

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