Monday
11th February
A day in
the mountains today. We decided to take
the same route as last year as it had so stunning – and it still is. We drove towards Sorbas and then to Uleila
del Campo. We then started to wind and
climb towards the top – but it was so slow in coming! Eventually we thought we were almost there so
stopped to look at the view.
We also
looked upwards to see a white building perched on the top of one of the
peaks. Through research I found that it
is the Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza - a Sanctuary built between 1287 and
1304. Another one to go on the list to
visit.
We
wiggled and ascended and then wiggled and descended! Passed the village of Cobdar and the marble
works which don’t appear to be working any more. We climbed again and then hunger got the
better of us! We had taken a picnic so
pulled over. Penny had the brilliant
idea of using Muffin’s crate as a picnic table with his towel over the top – it
is relatively clean!
While we
were munching on our baguettes we could hear, what we thought were, cow bells
but in the distance we could see a flock of goats. They had come out of a building and were
being herded by a chap in a white 4 x 4 and two dogs. The noise from the bells, as they moved
along, was loud – I guess deafening if you were close by! They were herded for quite a way then the 4 x
4 and the dogs went home. The goats
continued on to goodness knows where - though they obviously knew! The following photos were all taken from our
lunch spot.
We made
our way back to Mojacar via Lubrin and Bedar and then dropped in to Moca for
tea and cake 😊
Tuesday
12th February
We were
expecting guests today. Bob and Pat are
really friends of Penny and Jim’s, but I know them too and Richard has also met
them, so it was really a “reunion”! Bob
and Pat have brought their caravan to Spain and are staying about 90 minutes
down the coast from us, so they drove up to join us for the day.
One of
the places that Penny wanted to see was a place just above Mojacar Playa called
La Parata. They had stayed there 37
years ago at the same time as our Mother and Step-father were staying in a
friend’s villa. She had been itching to
go up there and we finally made it today.
There is a restaurant with a swimming pool and quite a lot of big,
expensive houses – many more than Penny remembers.
We were
eating at the restaurant and, as we had two dogs with us, we sat out on the
terrace. There were a few clouds in the
sky which made it quite chilly when they hid the sun. We all had the Menu del Dia which, at €12,
was a good deal as the food was lovely - €106 for the 6 of us (which included
drinks).
We drove
back down to the villa and continued chatting while the dogs played round the
pool.
While we
were at La Parata Muffin wanted to study the menu!
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