6th – 9th May 2013

6^th – 9^th May 2013

We woke to more glorious sunshine but noticed some cloud in the mountains where we were thinking of moving to. Pickles trip to the vet revealed that his blood sugar levels are still slightly raised. The vet reassured us that he would be ok and to get it retested in about a month. The present level isn’t serious.

We left Javea around 12 noon. Last night we had another great meal on the waterfront down by the marina. We’ll miss Javea but it was time to check out Mazarron.

We arrived at Camping Mazarron around 3pm, a distance of 150 miles from Javea. It was hot and we liked the look of the site despite the lack of natural shade, shade is available from the netting that rolls out over metal frames. However with temperatures around the mid 20’s its not too bad in the sun. We spent these 3 days biking it to the supermarket in the morning and sunbathing on the beach in the late afternoon sun. Wednesday I had my first swim in the sea and found it quite comfortable. The site is situated just west of Mazarron on the outskirts. The site has an outrageous toilet block with water fountains in the middle and with a staircase straight off the set of Morecambe and Wise that takes you up to the showers. Walking up these steps is a bit like climbing up to the circle at the local Regal cinema! Just outside the campsite about a 100yds away we found a bar that has skysports, all of the English footy matches can be viewed here.

Barbara has some doubts about the town of Mazarron, she feels its more like a working town and not touristy. However we haven’t really explored it much. Today Wednesday we decided to cycle the opposite way, more west away from the town. This proved to be a good choice. After a mile the road ends and then there’s a rough trail that skirts the coast. We passed some great little coves with spectacular rock formations. We even spotted a motorhome wild camping on the beach. The area is also set aside for naturists.