Our plan for today was to follow a pretty well-documented 17km trail up to The Siestes Lagunas -a group of lagoons and their waterfalls at an altitude of 2500m which meant an uphill trek of over 1000m from the village.  We had clothing for all seasons and a rucksack bursting with provisions - flask of … Continue reading Off-Piste Trekking With The Semples! Moral Of The Story Being… Always Buy A Trail Map!!

We were rudely awoken at 6.12am this morning by the dulcet tones of market traders setting-up their stalls - half expecting a knock on the door asking us to move, slumber was somewhat restless. The knock never came and when we DID get up and open our blinds, we saw the market was in full … Continue reading Las Alpajurras And The Snow-Capped Sierra Nevada- Hillwalkers’ And Harley Heaven

This morning we headed into Almeria's medina (the old town) to visit the Alcazaba - the 10th century fortress who's remains look down over the beautifully non-dolled-up-for-tourists medina. It's rare for us to leave Harley in the van for a few hours and even rarer for us to be prepared to pay for admission into … Continue reading Exploring Almeria – Well Almost!

.....never a truer word spoken! We had a pretty peaceful night's sleep in our forest enclave and arose full of the joys of travel! Our destination for today was Almeria - via a Lidl in Vera since their new offers start today and we have spied an LED sensor light which is on our "gotta … Continue reading As Forrest Gump Says “Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates…..”

All excited, Team Sebo rose early this morning - well, I say "early" - I mean early for us! 9am is early for us these days! Anyhow, we made full use of the unlimited hot water in the campsite showers (since we don't know, at this point, when that little luxury will be available to … Continue reading Team Sebo Heads For The Hills

It all started-off in a pretty civilised manner - rebuffed by our intended eaterie on the grounds that we hadn't made a booking and they were full! Of course they were...it was New Year's Eve! Doh! In fairness, we'd kinda expected it and, although we didn't exactly have a Plan B in mind, we knew … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Shenanigans….

Our "proper" Christmas present to ourselves was to indulge in a hire car for a few days - four to be precise - so that we could go off and explore the region and, hopefully, get in some much needed hillwalking. After all, Spain is renowned for its mountain ranges and well laid out walking … Continue reading Four Days Of Exploration In A Rented Fiat Panda

Yes, folks, today we did something I, at least, always swore I would NEVER do......we actually went to Benidorm!!! I know, I know, it's not our scene at all BUT we just succumbed to our curiosity and strolled along the 8km cycle trail into the place. We saw it as an opportunity to walk off … Continue reading Benidorm……Little Britain On Speed!