Grenada

The Alhambra is wonderful. I had a worrying afternoon a month beforehand when I discovered that I'd nearly left it too  late to buy tickets.

Zuheros

On the sustrans-style cycle path along a disused railway to the mountain village of Zuheros.

Cordoba to Grenada

After a rather hot first day's cycling, we camp beside a river.

We discover we've left the tent poles at home, but luckily we're camped next to a grove of bamboo!

Cordoba

Cordoba is lovely.  the Mosque-cathedral is wonderful.

Barcelona

Spent the night and then had most of a day exploring Gaudi's architecture in Barcelona, before getting a late afternoon train down to Cordoba.

Spain

No kayaking this spring, but instead we took the mountain bikes on the train down to Analucia in southern Spain, using our specially invented wheeled bike bags.  As the compacted bikes were within 120 x 90 x 40 cm, they could come with us as handluggage on the TGV for free. (But on Eurostar the size limit is smaller, so slightly tediously, we had to pay extra and check them in separately for the London-Paris bit)

We had a wonderful month cycling from Cordoba to Grenada, then mountain biking in the national parks of Sierra Nevada, Capo de Gata and Cazorla













There are some excellent free online resources available on these weblinks:

GR247 in Natural Park of Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas.

Useful GR247 App:  Android. Also on iOS.

IGN, Spanish National Geographic Institute has free map downloads, by province: see “Maps fpr mobile” here.  They’re in in mbtile  format, zoomable to 1:25k and work well on the free Android OruxMaps, as described here.  Recommended.

Port Scolpaig, N Uist

Our final night before taking the ferry back to Skye was wild camping near the western most point of N Uist.   Another beautiful sandy beach, with St Kilda, 60 miles away, just visible (well at least from the hill just inland)

Supper was a bit simpler than yesterday, but we always enjoy Ibrahim's fantastic organic couscous mix.  We buy it from him (Colliver foods) direct in catering sized quantities. Strongly recommended!