We are presently at a place called Cabo de Palos, if you find Alicante on the map and sail due south about 60 miles, on the starboard side you will see a bit of land sticking out into The Med, we are parked by the lighthouse at a point separating the Costa Blanca from the Costa Calida.

Over the last couple of days driving through, what locally is described as, ‘the badlands and semi-desert’, we have seen some lovely things. You can tell a person is getting old when they start enthusing about the colour of flowers, or worse for a man, the pink of the cherry blossom on the trees! It’s become a usual sight to see oranges, lemons, olives and palm trees but over the last few days it’s been almond and cherry trees.

This morning we left Archena in rain and 11c, and travelled the 60 miles south to the coast, where it has been a very pleasant and sunny afternoon in the late teens, certainly worthy of t shirts and shorts for our stroll along the cliff top, taking in the sandy coves before eventually returning to the van via the marina and the promenade. If it’s a peaceful night we hope to stay here a few days.

Mula, with the castle on the hill we were about to walk up to!

View from near the top

"What a lovely shade of pink" Brian says