I just had to do a brief post of this. I THINK that’s pronounced “oop-oop-a ee-pops”. Upupa epops is the scientific/binomial name for what we commonly know as the Hoopoe and it has to be one of my absolutely favourite…

We have clearly picked the wrong year to try a winter trip to Spain in our motorhome. Our Christmas Day fell slap in the middle of a 36-hour spell of rain, a lot of which was heavy. Hence my Biblical…

After our Christmas deluge, we have been treated to some dry conditions, sometimes under cloud but sometimes in sunshine. Naturally, this place looks a whole lot nicer under a blue sky. It is still cold, though, with overnight temperatures dipping…

We are back at Heredad de Elias Ferrer, a delightful campsite that Francine discovered last year. It is now run by Octavio Ferrer, his delightful wife Susana and their son, young Octavio. This is a relatively new venture for the…

It’s all right, folks; in the words of the immortal genius Douglas Adams, “Don’t Panic”. I have not suddenly become religious. For the duration of our 2025 Xmas trip we are, for better or worse, on the delightful little Alcalali…

We are being most un-motorhome-like on this trip since we’ll be rooted in one place for a month. [What our late lamented American friend Keith used to refer to as being potted plants.] We must hope that relaxing doesn’t metamorphose…

We’ve driven past Zaragoza many times as we made our way to and from Casa Libélula. This is the first time we have actually stayed there. We were very favourably impressed with the municipal campsite at Zaragoza; it was spacious,…

This trip is a bit of a reprise. In the halcyon days of owning Casa Libélula, we were used to spending Christmas, along with much of our winter, in Jalón, Spain. However, since trading in Casa for a motorhome we…