This is the site and our peaceful pitch, surrounded by orange groves, with Mount Montgo in the background. The gravel looks a bit stark but is actually a very practical all-weather surface. The photo below is taken from about the same spot at sunset showing a striking red sky.
It’s a nice, clean, well-run camp, with bins at frequent intervals, all equipped with bin liners. Ingeniously, they’ve solved the problem of having mucky, overflowing bins around the site. The notice attached to each bin indicates how this amazing result is achieved. It puts me in mind of a Goon show episode where they were going to dig a canal across the Sahara on which aircraft in difficulties could land. However, to avoid the chance of anyone drowning, they weren’t going to put any water in it!
Now for the family bit: Ruth, Colin & Jane. Photo taken by a Frenchmen, one of the few who aren’t still fighting the Napoleonic wars. It was a lovely spot near Moraira directly overlooking the beach.
Moraira itself is the usual ex-fishing village expanded into a small tourist town. The other type is ex-fishing village expanded into a large tourist town, e.g. Benidorm. Moraira’s harbour area is very pleasant with laid-out walkways and pavement cafes. The photo shows the marina with Calpe rock in the distance. Unbelievably, there are proposals afoot which would wreck this lovely view. The marina is privately owned and the owner wishes to extend the marina and enclose it with a 7-metre wall. He has the ear of the regional planners in Valencia apparently, despite local opposition, so it’s likely that Colditz Yacht Club will be built.
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