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Squirrels yesterday Swallows today
Thursdays 20th April 2023 ‘Milk! We need Milk’ the coffee pods we found in the cupboard were 2 years out of date, so no way […]
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Romans Go Home
Wednesday 19th April 2023 “Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health … what […]
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Really?? Flamingos!!
Tuesday 18th April 2023 Couldn’t believe it, actually had to leave the roof of Max up this morning, a bit of rain in the air, […]
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Up the creek without a paddle
Monday 17th April 2023 A good start to the morning as Max got us to Chulilla. Max also got his first Hola of our trip […]
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Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon
Sunday 16th April 2023 No Kinks in a Spanish Domingo, (Sunday). Max got his promised bath, he hasn’t stopped smiling since. Most of the day […]
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It’s all about discovering new places
Saturday 15th April 2023 We set out for the hot springs of Montanejos about 1 1/2 hours from our apartment. As we got closer it […]
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Valencian Paella
Friday 14th April 2023 The main aim of the day was to eat a Valencian Paella. Supposedly the Paella originated in Valencia and was meat […]
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Breakfast with Friends
Thursday 13th April 2023 Today was about shopping and exploration as per usual in a new place. After breakfast with the local wildlife, reddy for […]
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They are Giants
Wednesday April 2023 Today was going to be a long day travelling from Bustarviego to Naquera, near Valencia. Prior to setting out we decided to […]
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160 Arches!!
Tuesday 11th April 2023 Destination Segovia. We heard there was a Roman Aqueduct and boy was there a Roman Aqueduct!! All 160 arches most in […]
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An Eggscellent Day
Monday 10th April 2023 We have eaten most of out chocolate Easter eggs so Sixty persuaded us to make onion dyed hard boiled eggs to […]
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El Oso y el Madronõ
Sunday 9th April 2023 The official crest of Madrid is the Bear and the strawberry tree (as in blog title) with 7 stars (Ursa Major). […]
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There’s
GoldSilver in them there hillsSaturday 8th April 2023 An unexpectedly beautiful day. Set out quite late but thought this circular route would be very different from previous walks, and […]
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Big is beautiful
Friday 7th April 2023 We are discovering that Spain really is a big country. Although Avila is only a small town it has some very […]
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Back to basics
Thursday 6th April 2023 A very different apartment in the village centre. Cool, clean and spacious and ideal for acting like locals and spending the […]
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Village, big church, castles…Village, big church, castles….Village, big church, castles…
Wednesday 5th April 2023 Today was a travelling day about 400km from Baseida, Picos de Europa, to Bustarviego, just north of Madrid. Travelled a long […]
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Who forgot the crampons?!!!
Tuesday 4th April 2023 We made a conscious decision not to bring our little crampons because we were going nowhere near snow. Ha, we laugh […]
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A different flavour today
Monday 3rd April 2023 After a long lie in following our exertions yesterday we enjoyed breakfast on the balcony in the sun. It took a […]
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We could have gone up on the funicular and caught the bus back!!
Sunday 2nd April 2023 but you know us better, we don’t do anything the easy way. 🤣 The first 5 miles when straight up and […]
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Bear meets Bear
Sat 1st April 2023 Coffee calms the nerves when going hunting bears in the mountains, Mirador de Llesba. As you all know Sixty goes everywhere […]
