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7 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (57)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

7 February 2025 Calpe

Had a drive out 51/2 hours to Elche, Santa Pola and Alicanti area stopping at La Marina (San Fransisco) For lunch 3 x Chicken and salad toasted sandwich and 6 coffee’s 30 Euros (not bad eh)?

Had a realy good drive about with the lead driver from GET YOU LOST TOURES DARIAN he get you places where nobody goes!

Some more pictures of Calpe lovely town.

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6 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (57)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

6 February 2025 Calpe

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Up early for a walk along the beach before calling in for my friend to go for a walk about in Calpe for a couple of hours.

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My campsite disappearing amongst the high rise.

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Passed this awfully rude cacti!

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On arrival at my friends campsite the night warden was still outside.

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After lunch had a drive down to Benidorm to do The Bali Hotel experience again 43 floor ,glass lift 6 euros each including a coffee and fab views over Beni.

https://www.granhotelbali.com/en/

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Lots of steps if you want to walk up?

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View from the glass lift

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5 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (57)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

5 February 2025 Calpe

Javia seafront

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In the morning had a drive up to Javia to look for Montgo Art but missed it not used to the sat nav on the car yet. Javia seafront looking up at the next picture

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Looking down at the up picture.

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So had another drive up to Denia to show my friends a different area.

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In the afternoon a drive to Benissa for a coffee and walkabout. Noticed this giant hat on the way back, then some shopping while we have the car.

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3 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (57)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

3 February 2025 Calpe

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Had a walk into Calpe town for a bit of exercise noticed the beach had been combed.

Picked the car up today for 2 weeks so had a ride up to Denia for a walk about and coffee. Great statues here although the guy on the bike looks very smug.

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Lovely sunbathing balcony on top of this building.

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Called in for another coffee in Moraira then back to the site I had another 1hr walkabout looking at clothes shops for a new jacket no luck yet.

 

 

2 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (57)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

2 February 2025 Calpe

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Had a walk along the sea front then called in to have a walk about in town for 2 hours we saw some lovely sights and I took 35 pictures for you all. The image below is hand knitted great.

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This lovely graffiti is new and is stunning one of the best and the explanation is FAB.

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Love these energy saving devices below. Had a cycle with  friend for an hour looking around wow another good day in my life (thanks for the cake friends) yummy.

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Had another walk this evening watching the sun go down very busy on the sea front.

1 February 2025 Calpe (CAMPSITE 7 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (56)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

1 February 2025 Calpe

Sunset in Santa Pola

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Moving day so before I left had to take a picture of a mountain that we have been up at Callosa WOW more of a climb than a walk even has a refuge on the top.

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Had a coffee before leaving and a walk through the market to see the prices of oranges for a friend back in the UK.

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Spotted this unusual rubbish truck (I like it) good idea drives in on market day with a driver who stays with it.

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Good drive up to Calpe got a good pitch walk into town for a coffee with friends its good to back in Calpe.

31 January 2025 Santa Pola (CAMPSITE 6 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (56)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

31 January 2025 Santa Pola

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A cold start so a bit of shopping then a cycle a long the seafront visited the last area that I have never been in it looks a bit like the seafront in the 60’s before all the new ones were build in front.

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Back at the campsite silly day the biggest camping car ever a “Jack Out” trying to navigate on site everyone out watching the stupidity the campsite staff had to cut some branches of a tree.

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Next I get an email from friends saying a women on their site was washing breakfast bowels with the hose on the chemical disposal area.

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You do get some lovely sunsets in Santa Pola.

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30 January 2025 Santa Pola (CAMPSITE 6 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (53)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

30 January 2025 Santa Pola

Bed washing day again windy and sunny. Decided to have another cycle up to Elche you can tell how windy it was 1hour 10 mins into Elche and 35 mins back WOW.

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Tried a new route in and arrived at the bottom of the town meaning that I could cycle up the rambler and look at the graffiti and some of the many bridges.

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Called into town for a look around stopping for a coffee and ? 4.60 euros the most expensive yet Ouch (never again at that coffee stop. Below is the biggest flag ever!

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In the afternoon an other cycle and some shopping getting ready to move again.

29 January 2025 Santa Pola (CAMPSITE 6 SINCE DECEMBER 2024-5) CYCLES (51)17 COUNTRIES IN 17 YEARS

29 January 2025 Santa Pola

Cycle into town  for coffee the view up from the coffee house. I noticed all the campers gone from some waste land near the site so decided to have a cycle along the sea front to have a look yes most of the campers gone Policia must of had a clear up moved 100’s.

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Spotted a great place to park my bike.

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When trying to estimate the age of this tree NO RINGS? so tried counting the dots ………..

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A lovely camper the police probably thought it was just a cow in a field.

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Another cycle in the afternoon.