And so we head North and homeward bound.....

 Hello again! If you've been wondering where we were I'm writing this from home in the UK. We had no internet for the last part of the journey and when we arrived home our phone was not working and neither was the internet, hence the lateness of my final post for our trip! 
So, at last here it is:-
With the compass pointing north we headed back up the spectacular coast road to Mojacar - a bustling resort town popular with the Brits since the sixties, fortunately although there are lots of shops, restaurants and hotels it is not an ugly resort like so many of the places we have seen - no high rise hotels or ghastly looking apartment blocks. 

There is a wonderful long sandy beach and we had the glorious sunny weather to go with it. We found a great place to wild camp right on the beach for a couple of nights, about a mile from the town with a lovely cycleable path cut into the beach cliffs giving wonderful views along the coast.

A sad fact of life is that everywhere in Spain there are unfinished building projects, some of them massive complexes of apartments or houses sometimes almost complete but now standing abandoned. Behind the area where we stayed was a complex right in a prime location, begun but never finished, it only got as far as the skeleton.

Janet and Frank's house with very inviting pool

After two days of walking and cycling in Mojacar we continued north to visit our new friends Janet and Frank who live in Rojales near Torrevieja. We parked right next to their house, slept in the van but used all the facilities of their house including the swimming pool.

Keith with Janet & Frank and the 'kids'

 Jan and Frank have lived in Spain for nine years, they have a lovely home and they made us very welcome - including their four rescue dogs who got quite used to us coming and going in the house.

Frank cooking our dinner in the outside kitchen

We had a fabulous time, finding that we had a lot in common especially Frank and Keith talking motorbikes, in the past Frank had an impressive range of bikes from the Triumphs of the sixties to the modern Kawasaki.

It was really interesting to discover what it was like to live in Spain as an ex-pat.

After three nights we had to drag ourselves away to resume our long journey home

Me enjoying an afternoon swim

We travelled for  six days almost completely toll-free back to Calais and the Eurotunnel - definitely our preferred method of crossing the channel - we were back in the UK an hour and a half after arriving at the Calais terminal.
We had an amazing time, met some lovely, interesting people and have just begun to wonder that maybe we might want to spend more time in Spain in the future. Who knows?.....
Our ten week trip was over and I had the Moonwalk to do on the Saturday - a gruelling marathon distance walk in London through the night to raise funds for Breast Cancer. It was quite an experience I have to tell you but together we raised over £5000 so it has to be worth it!

Team Bridget's Birds ready to go!

Our next trip is planned for the September, I hope you have enjoyed reading about our travels and will continue to follow us on our future adventures!
Bye for now!!