....Falls pretty much everywhere at the moment, and it looks like we're in for a wet weekend. On Thursday we had to come out of the sun after 2 hours to prevent burnt, Friday we were in jeans and jumpers tucked up in the van, well I suppose it is winter! There is something comforting about hearing the rain bouncing off the top of the van when we're nice and dry inside, maybe it rekindles distant memories of being in a tent which leaked in?!
We departed Torrox-Costa this morning (Saturday) and head up, in both latitude and altitude, via Granada to Guadix. Yes we did see the Alhambra Palace as we bypassed Granada on the motorway and we enjoyed the views of the snowy mountains of the Sierra Nevada. As we headed east towards Guadix we reached 4,500' feet where the snow was around us but the roads were fine.
Guadix is an attractive town with a troglodyte suburb. Although it is a tourist attraction it's only a small part of it which has had any investment so despite being interesting it wasn't always pleasing on the eye. We were invited into somebody's house/cave but kindly declined as we would feel uneasy snooping around somebody's house, unless we were buying it, and there was NO chance of that!
A further 30 miles east to our next aire at Abla, not a place one would immediately think of visiting, but for the comforts offered by an aire to us travelling types. As is frequently the case, the aire was next to a sports stadium where, by chance, there was a footy match in progress. Free entry, in fact I could probably got on as a sub, but my total contribution was to act as ball boy after the centre forward hoofed the ball out of the stadium and into the aire!
Note: Photos will follow when internet connection is reestablished.
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