Moving on

I'm still re-living my birthday week but its all in the fantastic blogs that my family wrote so I will try and move on.  But I might drop in the odd photo.

just want to say a big thank you to them all for coming over to Spain to celebrate with us and a special mention to my nephew Iain who had to cancel at the last minute.  It was because he needed to step in to help prepare the Freedom Road Creative Arts group he supports for the Hull Youth Rock Challenge - which they won for the 2nd year running!  We missed him but well done Iain and co!

So back to normal I'm afraid...

Weather: A mix of quilts, blue skies, torrential rain and log fires!

Verges:

Well what else would a devoted husband do on his wedding anniversary than to drive his wife to a needlework fair?  Mega bonus points there.  In Verges,  just outside L’Escala,  people had hung out their needlework eg tableclothes, bedspreads etc and the shop windows were displaying projects too.  Then there was a lovely display of old and new work in the town hall and a big craft fair with tables where you could try out different crafts in the sports hall.  Right up my carrer.

So back to our campsite after a week of living it up in the villa.  Our old neighbours were still there including the lovely Dutch couple who had let me have a peek inside their vintage caravan.  It was like a grown up’s dolls house!

But we felt we needed to move on and ease back into campervan life so after a coffee and honey cake send off from Steve and Margaret we set off for the mountains again.

Ripoll

The campsite we ended up at was really nice with a log fire burning in what looked like an old mill house.  It offered home grown and butchered meat, we were a little disturbed by the plumb rabbits outside and ordered lamb chops and chips.  Feeling rather guilty!

We also asked about ordering bread for the next day and the owner said we could take a loaf with it as she only baked once a week and it would last us.  It was delicious in our sandwiches that we took on our walk the next day but David did comment that the backpack was much much lighter after we’d eaten them.  Can’t imagine what it must be like after 6 days!

It was a very nice walk but quite a long one for us (18km) and I have to admit we did enjoy the lamb and chips that night

Our neighbour and his wife went for a day out in Barcelona when we did our walk and were very upset when they got back.  They had driven in as he has to use a wheelchair after falling 9 meters at work a few years ago.  Someone had slashed their tyre at a red light and when they pulled into change the tyre all their money, credit cards passports etc were stolen while the guy was under the car getting the spare tyre.  Apparently it is a well known scam in Barcelona – so take care if you're planning a visit!!