The days tick by at La Azohia (near to the town of Mazarron) and we are joined by Janet,Frank and their four dogs in their Motorhome 'Herbie'. The weather stayed fair, chilly in the evenings but warm enough most days to sit outside for a while if the sun was shining. We had some lovely walks up the 'Rambla' (dried-up riverbed) over the hills to deserted little beaches accessible only on foot. For our lunch we would find a nice flat stone to sit on whilst enjoying our sandwiches.
Keith and I also ventured up to the big gun emplacements on our bikes, a route not for the faint hearted - about a six mile long slog up to the top. The massive guns are worth a visit - this was our second trip up there and we picked a beautiful day with clear blue skies.
The huge guns were put there in the 1930's with the intention of protecting the port of Cartagena from Franco's forces but they were never fired in anger.
The architect must have been smoking some strange substance - the castle turrets of the buildings makes you feel you've landed in Disneyland not a military installation!
The guns were built in the UK in 1928 by Vickers Armstrong, considering the size of them it must have been quite a challenge.
We headed back down the hill, our brakes smoking with heat for our last evening at La Azohia where we had a surprise meeting with Chris who we had met at Castellon. He is currently out in Spain working on finding all the best places to go for the website Wildcamping.co.uk - if you're interested in wild camping it's a really useful website -go take a look!
We had a very enjoyable evening talking all things Motorhomes with Janet,Frank and Chris.
Eventually the time came to move on, Janet and Frank (plus dogs) took Herbie home and we headed off towards our next destination- Totana.
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