Lovely Cabo de Gata (1 Viewer)

[bellabee]

The Cabo de Gata national park is beautiful, this year. The wet winter has given way to a flower-filled spring. Last year, when we were here, the landscape was brown.
We love Los Escullos.

 

[Teuchter]

Left Camping Cabo de Gata on Monday after a week there and agree 100% - the desert certainly is in bloom a month early this year

 

[Speve]

Hi @bellabee have you unblocked those holes yet? Nice meeting you at El Rocio, we are now in Castro Verde.
Safe travels.

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[Mr Ed]

Don't tell everyone,lets keep it a secret.

 

[bellabee]

Hi @bellabee have you unblocked those holes yet? Nice meeting you at El Rocio, we are now in Castro Verde.
Safe travels.

Lovely to meet you and Mrs Speve, too. Hope you're having a good time.

 

[Speve]

Lovely to meet you and Mrs Speve, too. Hope you're having a good time.

Thanks @bellabee yes we're having great time although rained all day today hope it's better down there? We are beginning our journey back north next week in readiness for our Scandinavian trip in April.
Safe travels to the three of you?

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[busby]

Have not been to Cabo since 2008,,,may call in this may on our way south,,BUSBY,,

 

[Boringfrog]

I'm there now and yes this is the greenest I have ever seen it...

 

[bellabee]

And here's today's photo. We took a walk down to Isleta del Moro and had tapas.

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[Boringfrog]

On a stroll today.

 

[2657]

On a stroll today.View attachment 150875

Monsul/Genoveses?

 

[Boringfrog]

Monsul/Genoveses?

Yeah, parked at Playa de Los Genoveses and walked to Monsul and back

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[2657]

Yeah, parked at Playa de Los Genoveses and walked to Monsul and backView attachment 150887 .

We love the place and have stopped at Los Escullos for extended periods in the past but as i can't walk very far these days we have not been back this year.

Have they completed the renovations at Los Escullos yet, the last time we were there the top half of the site was closed, apparently installing leccy meters!

 

[Boringfrog]

We love the place and have stopped at Los Escullos for extended periods in the past but as i can't walk very far these days we have not been back this year.

Have they completed the renovations at Los Escullos yet, the last time we were there the top half of the site was closed, apparently installing leccy meters!

Not sure, have not stopped there but cycle past often, will have a look soon, only been in the Cabo 2 nights so far.

 

[The Dudess]

We love the place and have stopped at Los Escullos for extended periods in the past but as i can't walk very far these days we have not been back this year.

Have they completed the renovations at Los Escullos yet, the last time we were there the top half of the site was closed, apparently installing leccy meters!

We were there in January and all the work was finished - great site.

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[Boringfrog]

 

[bellabee]

The pitc

We love the place and have stopped at Los Escullos for extended periods in the past but as i can't walk very far these days we have not been back this year.

Have they completed the renovations at Los Escullos yet, the last time we were there the top half of the site was closed, apparently installing leccy meters!

The pitch renovation has been completed, and the pitches are lovely. They are now in the process of rebuilding the swimming pool. They also seem to be trying to do some repairs to the shower blocks, but in our view, it's the plumbing that lets the site down. Nevertheless, we love the site.

 

[2657]

The pitc


The pitch renovation has been completed, and the pitches are lovely. They are now in the process of rebuilding the swimming pool. They also seem to be trying to do some repairs to the shower blocks, but in our view, it's the plumbing that lets the site down. Nevertheless, we love the site.

I quite agree with you about the plumbing, a few years ago they ripped out perfectly good sinks and doors, re tiled the place except the showers but left the old rubbish shower heads etc and boilers in.

Still red hot one minute and cold the next then?

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[2657]

View attachment 151110

Got me puzzling over this one, guess from the back road from Pozo de Los Frailes towards Los Escullos but there looks to be too many white buildings in view!

 

[Boringfrog]

Got me puzzling over this one, guess from the back road from Pozo de Los Frailes towards Los Escullos but there looks to be too many white buildings in view!

You had me confused there too. It's taken from the dirt road past El Pozo that leads to San José, the white buildings are El Pozo de los Frailes. Huge cement mixer behind the camp site the other day but managed to squeeze past.

 

[2657]

You had me confused there too. It's taken from the dirt road past El Pozo that leads to San José, the white buildings are El Pozo de los Frailes. Huge cement mixer behind the camp site the other day but managed to squeeze past.

Yes, got it now, it confused me with the Fraile hill on the right and I assumed it was looking downhill but obviously not.

That's a lovely walk and the prospect of a few beers in San Jose at the end ( or middle!), occasionally we did the circular walk back along the coastal track.

Another excellent walk with the prospect of a few beers and tapas at the end is from Prescillas Bajas over the hill to Albaricoques and the Alba, bit of a trudge back though, for me at any rate.

Have you been stopping on the new aire? all this has made us put Los Escullos on next years itinerary

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[Boringfrog]

Yes, got it now, it confused me with the Fraile hill on the right and I assumed it was looking downhill but obviously not.

That's a lovely walk and the prospect of a few beers in San Jose at the end ( or middle!), occasionally we did the circular walk back along the coastal track.

Another excellent walk with the prospect of a few beers and tapas at the end is from Prescillas Bajas over the hill to Albaricoques and the Alba, bit of a trudge back though, for me at any rate.

Have you been stopping on the new aire? all this has made us put Los Escullos on next years itinerary

Mostly wilding, but yes have stayed at Aire, will prob pop in tomorrow do our ablutions.

 

[Boringfrog]

OH and @matamoros I have cycled up to Prescillas Bajas and further, but mad dogs made us have a rapid retreat.

 

[2657]

Hard work on a bike up the rambla past Prescillas, a lot of soft sand, no mad dogs when we went up apart from a few dogs near the farm right at the top, did you get that far?

Past Prescillas the rambla splits, to the right it goes into the Caldera, to the left it leads to the farm, which is the high point and then all downhill into Albaricoques.

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[bellabee]

I quite agree with you about the plumbing, a few years ago they ripped out perfectly good sinks and doors, re tiled the place except the showers but left the old rubbish shower heads etc and boilers in.

Still red hot one minute and cold the next then?

There's a lot of banging going on in the showers, at present. I think there must be air trapped in the water pipes (or something). Every so often, there is a very loud noise, like elephants trumpeting . It keeps happening throughout the night. We've been childishly peeing ourselves laughing about it, (but I think some others are less amused) .