Blue lagoon.....

All of a sudden the bare almond trees are covered in blossom and you get the feeling that maybe Spring is around the corner.
I think it's fair to say that we have found the weather here in Spain much colder than we had expected, but we have had little rain and most days we're able to get out walking or on our bikes and it's warm when the sun does shine. At the time of writing this post it snowed at home in the UK so we know it has to be better here in Spain.
We returned to the Sierra Espuna Camperstop at Totana as we love the easy cycling along the canal side path, plus on a more practical note, I needed to use the washing machine.

But before we arrived we spent one night wild camping in an isolated car park provided for a walk into a ravine where you can see 5 million year old fossilised coral, located at Nonihay. It seems strange that this area was once under a deep ocean especially taking into consideration it lies 1800ft above current sea level.

From Totana we went out on our bikes to the Blue Lagoon, cycling along the canal, into the outskirts of the Sierra Espuna National park and on into the 'Badlands' - a desolate moonscape environment. Suddenly the lagoon comes into view and you are struck by the intense turquoise colour of the water. We stopped at a viewpoint for our picnic but a cold wind was blowing so we didn't take long before we headed back to the shelter of our van.

The following day we headed the short distance up into the Sierra Espuna to the campsite at El Berro - a tiny mountain village with steep and narrow access roads - a bit scary when approaching in your motorhome which is almost the same width as the road!
Here we met up with our friend Paul again and enjoyed a few days of walking and more......
Tell you next time!