Monthly Archives: January 2026

Breakfast was fine, cereals followed by salad. Start as you mean to continue, the old adage well and truly followed 😊 Waking early given our usual late starts was surprisingly easy. The rest is politics take on trump’s recent behaviour … Continue reading →

After much tossing and turning and listening to Melvyn Bragg chat with people who knew lots about a rebellion in China in the eighth century we both woke late. Breakfast in these places can be just about ok or deeply … Continue reading →

Breakfast, tidied up, suitcases emptier than when we came? Weird, world order upended. Still, we definitely have everything. The lady who cleans up after guests arrived promptly at 11 o’clock and after an extremely cursory glance around ushered us gently … Continue reading →

Got up very late, coffee shop closed so we brewed our own using the just bought mobile aero press. Great piece of kit. Decided to take a walk along the cliffs and through the forests near Bareta with the intention … Continue reading →

Mushrooms on toast, coffee, circumnavigation of Conil, canteen lunch, more walking, up and down, Jason Bourne and the final few episodes of Final Draft – brilliant. After what was probably a hectic evening, many were down on the sea front … Continue reading →

Got up late, had breakfast and took the car to Chiclata, a small town to the west of Conil where the tram/trainline can take us into Cadiz. We found a patch of waste ground inhabited by some cars and many … Continue reading →