Moved southwards and beach for a windy day at Isla Plana near Puerto de Mazarron and cycled east to La Azohia. The campsite (Camping Los Madriles) is set on terraces about 200 m from a beach accessed by a pista over the road. We visited the more developed Puerto de Mazarron on a perfect day in shorts and “T” shirt going though the Puerto to Bolnuevo about 10 miles to the west, also with a beach and some sculptured sandstone rocks. The bikes have been going well and the small hills along the coastal road have not been a problem. Helen’s 18 V bike battery is lasting well having helped up the steep hills in the Sierra Espuna, the cycle to La Azohia, and today to Bolnuevo and still with 3/5 charge remaining. Here we are in a fairly large site with mainly German and Dutch campers with a sprinkling of British and French thrown in. It has a heated swimming pool, boules area, tennis court and table tennis room and activities we now associate with the “Overwinterers” (long stay residents). The site is in the ACSI scheme so costs us just 15 euro a night but is unusual in that they charge for electric over 4 KW usage (which isn’t much when you have a fridge and freezer on board). On most sites that we’ve been to so far, the electric is inclusive anyway.
Now in the desert near Almeria at Cabo de Gata. Haven’t explored here yet but have included a photo from yesterday of Helen cooling off during a cycle ride up a pista to a coastal lookout near La Azohia and also a view from the top towards Mazarron and the coast. We found a café in the village, Campilla de Adentro near Castillitos for a late lunch and rest before the cycle up to another pass to get back to La Azohia.