Four go on an adventure

 La Roda The day started well with a peaceful night under the watchful eye of Mountie Jack purchsed for the purpose in Canada. He stayed on duty all night and kept us safe. La Roda is a small city with a population of 15500 and has a church dating from the 15th Century. It's most famous inhabitants are a tennis player called Guillermo García López and a triathlon runner called David Castro. Neither name means much to me. It is a fairly standard Spanish town with an extensive park area. It had beach volleyball courts, a BMX track and there was a driving range come small golf course. All well maintained but with nobody using them. There was a rather lavish selection of fountains splashing agua despite the fact that Spain is struggling for a water supply in many areas. The Church is OLD and you can tell that from the blocks from which it is constructed. We got there via a quick trip to the bank. When I was paying for fuel I could not remember the PIN numer for my new card. I told Shei...

Three go on an adventure It is Thursday 18th of April 2024 and today three intrepid adventurers set sail on a voyage to who knows where. David and Sheila entered the Kayak and headed north from their tiny home village of Casas del Señor in Spain not too far inland from Alicante. Their Kayak is the latest palindromic addition to the family. A 4 berth motorhome built on a Renault chassis with all the mod cons necessary for life on the road. Let's hope we have packed everything we need. The last few days have been a hectic scramble to get the things in place for the journey. We bought a Skoda Octavia estate in the UK with the intention of moving some stuff to Spain and then bringing it back to immediatley sell again but, to cut a long story short, it is now sitting with Spanish registration plates, a permanent, but temporarily neglected member of the family. With the sat nav set to avoid motorways and toll roads we set off for a leisurely drive to La Roda our first planned stopover. T...