The least said about Gibraltar the better. Cold wet and rainy, how does that happen when Spain is always so much sunnier?
Europe
Next Stop Malaga
Malaga is the largest city on the Costa del Sol , another new city for us.
Mystery Cruise First Stop A Coruna
The first reaction to the advert for a mystery cruise was wow that’s cheap. Then we began to think about whether we would actually enjoy it. I usually reject Med cruise offers as we have been to most of the places but for this (very cheap) cruise we would have no idea where we were going – it could be a lot of fun!
Into theTroodos Mountains
In the height of summer an escape into the Troodos mountains must be a relief from the high temperatures but for us in the autumn sea level temperatures were perfect so we needed more clothes than we had.
Akamas by Jeep
There is a big choice of day trips from Paphos and top of our list was an off road jeep drive to the Akamas peninsular. Continue reading
A Week in Sunny Paphos
We chose Paphos in Cyprus mostly because it was nearer to the airport than Limassol.
We Have to go to Lands End!
The Fabulous Lost Gardens of Heligan
Heligan has two hundred acres of woodland walks, walled gardens, formal gardens and jungle. What more could you want on a pleasant autumn day? Continue reading
Gairloch to Inverness
Our hotel in Gairloch turned out not to be the greatest. Despite being expensive our room was cold and a bit miserable so we went to find the local Chinese and ate it in the car. Breakfast was nice though with waiter service and we set of for our last day of the NC 500 very full.
Scourie to Gairloch
We spent the night in a beautiful B&B in Scourie. There is even a fish and chip van near the shops for a quick hot super but in the morning we needed to get a move on so taking the rhubarb muffins our B & B host gave us we set off for the days adventures.