I suggested that we cycle to Benicarló this morning for the market. It’ll be about 10 miles I said. Well, it was a tad more than that, 27 miles there and back. We were on cycle tracks, side roads, main roads, footpaths, in and out of housing estates, always trying to stay near to the sea. There were beautiful views, lots of lovely coves, sailing boats, divers, and most of it was flat fortunately.
Views along the way:
En route we went through Vinaros which is quite a large town with lively beaches.
Once we’d arrived at Benicarló we had a drink at a cafe by the beach and then I left Paul whilst I went up to the market. I had a mooch around and also went to the indoor food market which is always great to see, all of the fish, vegetables and meat. I rejoined Paul and we cycled back to the campsite (the bill for his 2 large beers and a tin of lemonade for me was 4.80 euros – very cheap).
Some interesting art work on a block of flats in Benicarlo:
We stopped en route to visit the designated dog beach and to let Lottie have a dunk. She didn’t really like the waves and needed a little encouragement (as in I picked her up and put her in the water and she had to swim to shore), but she needed to cool off. I ended up getting quite wet myself from the waves. She had insisted on running alongside us whenever possible, so was very hot. As we’d done quite a bit on the road, she had been restricted in her running.
The dog beach:
Once back at the site I changed into my swimsuit and headed for the pool as I was very hot. It was bliss.
We’ve started to think about our journey home. As we have to take Lottie to a vet for a worm tablet at some point, it needs a bit of thought. We will probably stay here at Camping Estanyet until next Tuesday. It’s very quiet, has a lovely feel to it, and the showers are excellent!
You do have to get used to Olives dropping on the van as we’re under olive trees. But we can live with that. 🙂
2019 Autumn follow the sun 