26 – 27 February 2024 Calpe

Had a lovely couple of days coffee walkabouts spotted some lovely pigeons sunbathing and yet again a lovely sunset.

22-25 February 2024 Calpe

After having the car for seven days and having a busy time driving and sight seeing we have eased up a bit and relaxed.

Still searching around for pictures as you can see below the main tourist restaurants are not yet busy.

We noticed round the Ifach that they now have an SOS post.

This evening after a cloudy day the sunset was FAB.

19 February 2024 Calpe

Drive out this morning to Benissa to have a good walkabout, a lovely small town that we have never had the chance to visit before but good in our hire car.

A good coffee then to the church FAB as you can see

20 February 2024 Calpe

Drive down to see family down below Alicanti stopping on the way at Santa Pola for a lovely coffee. We then had a meal at a Spanish bar. A good drive back up to Calpe using The AP7 Toll that made it easy as less traffic.

21 February 2024 Calpe

Out in the car today for the last day of the hire driving up the Jalo valley over the mountains and back via Altea.

We stopped for a coffee and cake at a cycling café ! don’t know why after all the cycling problems we have had but it was not too busy.

The cake looked FAB so we had coffee and four carrot cakes.

We should have realised that there may be a problem after recognising the owner as a person off Life in The sun television program and he offered his autograph to us for 5 euros each?

Had a look around and spotted he ground his own coffee, we then got the bill for 4 coffees and 4 cakes at 32 euros after our heart attacks we the drove off up the mountains to visit wonderful views and sight as you can see from the below pictures (click images for BIG)

Spotted the below art work in a garden high in the mountains

17 February 2024 Calpe

A few pictures from Montgo Art.

This building does not seem to have a room on the top floor ?

17 February 2024 Calpe

Up to Benissa to Moraira to try to avoid the cycles but to no avail they are so bad here prompting lots of road rage (not from me I is cool).

Spotted some lovely art work as you can see

I even got a shot of the back side WOW

17 February 2024 Calpe

El Castell de Guadalest  today a wonderful drive on the mountain road.

14  February 2024 Calpe

Still wandering around the streets having a lovely time

15 February 2024 Calpe

Friends have arrived so we have hired a car and drove down to Altea for lunch then a tour along to Benidorm then back to Calpe a good drive around.

16 February 2024 Calpe

A late start this morning but we managed eventually to drive up to Moraira at 20 kl per hour following about 5000 cyclist spread all over the road and been a complete set of idiots.

Continued on to Javea stopping for coffee and Tostada. Then drove up to Denia for a good look about coming back along new roads and came across Montgo Art FAB.

Below Maureen inside the whale.

More Montgo art tomorrow.

12 – 13 February 2024 Calpe

Walk along the cliff path then 2 cycles around Calpe.

Easy day today mad hot 17C at 0800 In the evening a walk into town they are getting Valentine days light on a lovely day again.

9-11 February 2024 Calpe

Lots of walkabout Saturday was a colour day as you can see from the pictures.

Fiesta on Saturday night with a children’s disco and Parade

More walkabouts.

This restaurant has just done its washing.

Opps! a lot of cyclists stopping for coffee and blocking the path? cycle way?

 

 

6 – 8 February 2024 Calpe

Continuing to walk around new streets every day managed a big cycle with hills up into the country side also cycling new routes and round the Ifach.

Above picture The Spanish steps.

The below picture an empty campsite ready to build on.

Two types of love below first one creative Love.

Next one rubbish Love. Ha Ha

 

4-February 2024 Calpe

Walk into the old town this morning we passed what could have been some live wires not wishing to check we took heed of the writing underneath that the possibility was that it was live.

The old building in town are still fab to look at at of course the moving footpath.

5 February 2024 Calpe

Bus up to the Tram this morning then to Benidorm the tram and Benidorm where very busy.

Tried to find Costa coffee but it has gone. Walked back to the tram station then back to Calpe.

 

2 – 3  February 2024 Calpe

8 climbers on the Ifach at 1000 this morning some well up towards the top.

Walked round the Ifach in the morning and into town in the afternoon walkabouts.

Stopped at this coffee shop for 2 pints of blood but it was shut (bloody hell)

3  February 2024 Calpe

When booking in we where given the choice of 2 pitches one near a small toilet and another (we chose the other). This morning we heard the small toilet block caught fire at 0800nthis morning causing a bit of panic around the area.

Below a crane ready to put up a 33 story block of flats.

Cycle this morning along the north beach and some shopping also some washing as a lovely day.