Cycled over the Crevillente hills (the ones you can see in the There’s Snow on them thar Hills! post) today, for the second time in two days (five times in total to date) for a coffee in Hondón de los Frailes.
With a name that literally means ‘Gorge of the Friars’ the charming village of Hondón [...]
A few days ago I took a cycle ride to Abanilla which is to the north-west of Albatera. It’s around 20 miles away and took about an hour and a half each way.
Abanilla has a population of around 7,500 and is festooned with many narrow, climbing streets. In the centre of the village, in the Plaza de la Constitución, stands the Ayuntamiento (the [...]
While reading an article about the area in which I now live I was shocked to learn that, during the Spanish Civil War, a concentration camp existed in a neighbouring town.
According to the article over 20,000 people passed through the camp, mostly en route to camps elsewhere in Spain whilst a few were released to return to [...]
I did a fair amount of cycling when I lived in England.
I cycled around the Peak District, spent many hours cycling around the Yorkshire Dales, did a cross-country ride from Bridlington to Blackpool (stopping overnight in Malham), spent a weekend cycling around the Trossachs in Scotland and spent many, many hours cycling around the country lanes [...]
