.. and we all managed to get up in time to check out of the hotel, have breakfast at a small café just round the corner from the hotel and be off on our journey to Cofrentes by 8:30 am.
After a little problem over the booking, which was overcome with great diplomacy by Richard and David (avoiding the need for Nina to shed the blood of 52 Dutch people - single handed) the boat trip was a great success.
The Jucar river at this point is in fact a long reservoir created by a dam somewhere down stream (you can see it on Google maps if you’re interested – just search for Cofrentes, Valencia).The old river valley has very steep sides with a few castles on the tops and is very picturesque. Again the photos don’t do it justice, but I’ve a short movie which shows it much better, but is too big to upload. 
After the boat ride, with temperatures soaring, we headed into one of the small villages nearby for some lunch, but could only find a bar where the hosts appeared to be still suffering the after effects of their party the night before – in fact it looked like it was still going on. We didn’t stop there long …
Lunch, or dinner really, was eventually taken down the road in Ayora, in a little café with a very affable host and although a little hot inside, was very enjoyable. It was hot inside because temperatures outside, at 4 o’clock, reached 32.5 deg C!
After the boat ride, with temperatures soaring, we headed into one of the small villages nearby for some lunch, but could only find a bar where the hosts appeared to be still suffering the after effects of their party the night before – in fact it looked like it was still going on. We didn’t stop there long …
Lunch, or dinner really, was eventually taken down the road in Ayora, in a little café with a very affable host and although a little hot inside, was very enjoyable. It was hot inside because temperatures outside, at 4 o’clock, reached 32.5 deg C!
We bid sad farewells to Anne and David who made their way back to their home in Cehegin while we set off back to Javea, calling off at a couple of DIY stores to get some strimmer wire for Richard and a tea and coffee for us all.
After a quiet supper inside (temperatures outside had dropped to a rather chilly 18 deg by 8:30) and putting the world to rights (again), it was off to bed
Seems to be some subtexts creeping into this soap - I sense judicious censoring of dubious pastimes that we are not being told about!! Anyway, sounds like you are all having fun. I know what you mean about the crazy temperature differences between the coast and the mountains - we were in Valencia when I was startled to read an advertising LED that read Time: 3.25pm Temp 39c!! and yet when we drove up to a hilltop town inland, the temperature dropped almost 20 degrees in an hour. PS: a request for photos of weeds/wild flowers.....
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ReplyDeleteI anticipated your request for wild flowers - photos taken yesterday will be included in toniht's posting.
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ReplyDeleteHello there Pops, Iain and I are a little worried that someone may have been spiking your soda water - we hope you're being well looked after! x
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