Wines by the Mile

Another good wine at a great reduction in the supermarket Masymas. Reduced from 5.69 e to 2.84e. Offer ends 14th of May so get your skates on.

1st of May arrived in Guardamar del Segura.

Nice site consisting of large pitches with tap and drain. Bank Holiday weekend with families and kids. Followed the river to the closest wild beach, sat by the pool and ate at the site restaurant whilst watching the mini disco. Today Monday most families packed up and left, now quieter. Got the bikes out and headed to town. Surprised to find a beautiful long beach with a short delightful prom. One of those days when you put a top on because its cool then take it off again as it becomes baking hot. Had a tapas lunch and returned to site for a swim in the fab pool. Barbs first of the trip.

Another dismal day

This must be our worst trip for weather. We seem to have 2 good days and then 2 dreary days, with the sequence continuing throughout the holiday. Yesterday was dull until 4pm when it went sunny. Today it rained all morning, stopping for about 3 hours, allowing us to walk to Altea. Tomorrow's likely to be warm and sunny. On a positive note we are enjoying our choice of wines, the reds are still winning and playing well and this blog is reaching record viewing figures with 236 viewings yesterday. Maybe people are gloating at the poor weather.

Wines by the Mile. A motorhomers personal choice.

For those of us who can't resist a good buy here are two reds presently on sale in Lidl Spain Fina La Cruz Reserva 2017 (DO Ribera del Duero). Made with the Tempranillo grape. To me it seemed to be smooth on the palate and benefiting from its time in oak barrels. At 8.99 euros it might be outside the budget of some but I would recommend just giving this a go or take a bottle home for that special occasion. For the budget conscious, and why wouldn't you be when there are so many good value wines about in Spain, I would try the Young Gamellón 2020 from theJumilla.region of spain. Made from the Monastrell /Syrah grape For a young wine it's quite full bodied and flavoursome. Price: 2.49 euros.. Expect to pay over £7 in the uk

Mr Piano Man

Lovely sunny morning so cycled down to Altea not far but managed to loose Barbara. Took us 45 mins to find each other. Nice coffee and returned to site. It clouded over so no beach. Lots of people on the site so like Clff at Wimbledon I entertained them. Now where did all those Dutch and Germans go to???

Albir

After a pleasant Sunday afternoon that saw me back swimming in the warm sunshine but not too warm sea, we watched the Derby match that saw Liverpool rise to a 2.0 victory and Everton drop into the relegation zone. Today Monday we headed out of Albir and Altea along some good coastal paths. Coming across some attractive bays and marina's. Weather improves but it was cold last night as we walked home from a hot Indian meal.

Albir/Altir

We left Villajoyosa and headed to Albir. We were charged a supplement because we had exceeded our 4kw a day electricity allowance, a new charge and understandable with increasing power costs. First stop was the retail park at Finestrat where we stocked up with supplies, including some great wines Short 20 mins drive to Albir. Not a particularly great site here but it ticks the basics boxes. Weather cool and grey. Because of this we looked for a restaurant to sit inside with Jonesy. Found a good one with 3 courses for 18e each with a fine bottle of wine thrown in. Excellent waiter who went through the menu telling us which region of Spain the produce came from and how it was to be cooked. Loved it.