We've always liked this town so we booked in for 4 nights at Camping Salata. The weather was now cooling with day temps around 18c but sometimes feeling much cooler. However we still enjoyed our stay and used the time to get the last of our Spanish booze to take home. We also bought baby Aiden a Barcelona strip and I enjoyed a bit of bartering with a shopkeeper getting the price of a baby Bayern Munich tracksuit down from 45e to 30e.
Jonesy also met up with two Welsh terriers...Lou from The Loire valley and Lottie from Heidelberg Germany. Lottie took a real shine to Jonesy and actually stood for him offering him his first love encounter. But then the owner took out a bag of treats and she quickly shifted her attention. Which yet again proves when food and love are both on the menu women always choose the former.
With regards to our menu we never quite find the great eating places of Javea in this town. However we did discover the hotel buffets which offer as much as you can eat for around 15 -16 Euro. We tried 2 of these with the last one at the Hotel Montecarlo being the better with a bottle of wine thrown in for 16e each
We left a very rainy and windy Roses on the Thursday.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Saturday 8th October Terrible Taradell
Went through Taradell looking for site , narrow streets. Got tight on to a parked van ... couldn't go forward or back for fear of scratching side of van so had to knock on doors. Eventually found irate owner who reluctantly moved van..first hurdle over
Proceeded to site . As dog owners we had to drive to top pitch up a steep avenue and then back down the next. This avenue was like a rollercoaster ride so back chassis and bike rack got wedged and once again we couldn't go forward or back. Site workers came to our aid and with wooden blocks we drove away . Nice site but never again
Proceeded to site . As dog owners we had to drive to top pitch up a steep avenue and then back down the next. This avenue was like a rollercoaster ride so back chassis and bike rack got wedged and once again we couldn't go forward or back. Site workers came to our aid and with wooden blocks we drove away . Nice site but never again
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| The Taradell rollercoaster ride. |
Saturday 8 October 2016
Forgot to mention
Halfway through our Javea Stay the 12v electrics cut out in the middle of the night. Myself and various people tried to fix it but whilst looking for the fault we noticed mice droppings. We put traps out and caught the bastard. We probably picked it up on last site Ribamar. So no 12v for the remainder of the hols. It must have chewed through a wire
Thursday 6 October 2016
Tuesday 4 October 2016
More Javia pics
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| Port and harbour |
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| Arenal beach |
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| Lightning tour of Benidorm |
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| How much is that doggy I'm the window Benidorm |
15th September we arrived at our favourite Spanish resort ..Javea.
We had a great 20 day stay here and loved having our friends Owen (8 nights) and Laura (4 nights) joining us. We used the hire, car to visit Moreira, Calpe, Denia, Granadella and the not to our liking Benidorm. Every night we ate out at a different restaurant, either in the old town or the port. We also enjoyed eating in the afternoon at most of the towns visited. We made several friends at the La Capita bar in town.
Jonesy went down with gastroenteritis and had to visit the vet where he was given two injections and a course of antibiotics
He recovered well but then started behaving strangely at night. Then one night when the 12v electrics cut out and we searched for the fault, we discovered mouse droppings. We quickly caught the fiend but were left with no 12v electrics Jonesy improved at night but obviously the mouse jaded frightened him. Looking back we probably picked up the mouse at Ribamar.
Jonesy went down with gastroenteritis and had to visit the vet where he was given two injections and a course of antibiotics
He recovered well but then started behaving strangely at night. Then one night when the 12v electrics cut out and we searched for the fault, we discovered mouse droppings. We quickly caught the fiend but were left with no 12v electrics Jonesy improved at night but obviously the mouse jaded frightened him. Looking back we probably picked up the mouse at Ribamar.
Tuesday 20 September 2016
4 Day return to Ribamar, Alcossebre
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| Just starting to go. Down with gastroenteritis so swimming out of the question |
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| just a paddle on pneumonia of the coves outside Ribamar |
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| Alcossebre main beach, our favourite bar had changed hands and Selecta was |
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| Nice pic taken from the beach |
Saturday 17 September 2016
7,8,9,10th September, Camping La Marende, Argeles sur Mer.
We've visited this area a few times before so we already knew some good sites. I'd always fancied Les Criques de Porteils as it is also close to Collioure, but when we looked at it we were disappointed with its small pool along with other things. We played safe and booked in to La Marande. Close to A dog beach, a really good pool, large pitches with an abundance of shade. It was only a short walk to Argeles centre. We had 4 great nights here. Jonesy loved the water, still not keen to go out of his depth but he overcome his fear of waves
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| Argeles Sur Mer |
5th & 6th September. Domaine de gajan site Boisseron.
Definitely a site I would recommend. Peaceful, a great heated pool and large pitches. Nearby town was OK but no real shops. It was still boiling hot, so shade and regular dips were needed. We needed the cool shade of the coast so after 2 nights headed for Argeles.
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| Domain de Gajan site Boisseron |
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| Dying to jump in |
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| Welsh terriers not allowed! |
3rd & 4th September L'Hippocampe site at Volonne
A good site, but not too sure of the location. Positioned on a damned river so water quite still at times, a breeding ground for the many mozzies that come out as soon as the sun goes down. Also the town wasn't up to much. We loved the pool, and there seemed to be lots of activities to get involved in. Got talking to a Dutch couple with a very friendly Irish terrier. She and Jonesy got on well. The river wasn't quite as blue as the picture, overall a descent overnight stopover
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| Riverside walk into Volonne. |
Friday 2 September 2016
Lake Monteynard
After 3 lovely nights on Lac d‘Aiguebelette we headed further south to lake Monteynard. There were 2 Acsi sites close to Treffort and we chose the dearest one at 13 euros a night as it was right on the lake with excellent free WiFi and a superb restaurant. It was also next to a chateaux/ restaurant and as it was positioned at the end of the road it had some lakeside walking routes and pathways. A good choice but not sure if there would be enough here to keep us occupied for more than 2 nights.
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