Cuenca

We enjoyed the comfort of a night at Las Cuevas de Fraile, a hotel recommended by someone at the tourist information office. We have spent the entire day visiting all the main historic sights of Cuenca and there are many. The most important of which are Las Casas Colgados, houses which literally seem to be hanging onto the sides of rocky ravines. There are a number of buildings dating back to the 12th century. It’s a fascinating place but you need to be fit to see it all as there are many steep hills to climb but the views from the top are breath taking. We had a delicious menu del dia at a restaurant recommended to us by a lady who owns a cheese and wine shop in the old part of town. She was a total enthusiast with a wealth of knowledge about the wines and cheeses of this area, La Mancha. We left after a 45 minute lecture with 2 bottles of wine and a whole manchego cheese. We are looking forward to sampling them when we arrive in Vejer, anybody out there want to join us? We have the drive tomorrow from here to Vejer hopefully we will manage it in one go but it will be a long day. We hope to get off early in the morning. Love to all Val x

In spite of chickening out over the lilo, we’ve enjoyed the camping part and the driving. We’re told to remember that you get old because you stop doing things rather than stop doing things because you get old. And I guess that the biggest challenge is doing loads of things on your knees, continually getting up, getting dressed and everything else from a lying position in a low tent. I’m wondering which of my grandparents at 62 would have been able to do it. Clarke, Hollingworth and Wallace were all too fat and unfit by that age. Only Grandad John Horner was thin and fit enough – but wild horses wouldn’t have dragged him into such tomfoolery. Besos/abrazos a todos. Bill