A Coast Walk at Bol Nuevo

Bol Nuevo is a coastal area about 10 miles from our campsite. There is a selection of dirt roads and trails running by the sea and also inland. We decide to start along the coast and loop back via the interior. There are some strange pillars carved by the wind in the soft sandstone. The example below shows Jane and Elaine walking past one. Vehicles occasionally use this road and risk ending up in the sea on a dark night or in bad weather.

A little farther on is a nudist beach. It’s a little chilly this morning so I can take photos of this lovely bay without being labelled a Peeping Tom.

The halfway point is a small decayed harbour where we stop for our packed lunch. This was used from the 18^th century onwards to carry stone quarried locally to construct fine buildings in the city of Cartagena. The remaining scattered blocks of the jetty wall are visible in the foreground.

Now we head inland and gain height. The sea is never far away and we get some pretty panoramas. Always visible somewhere in a long-distance shot in this area is the white plastic of the tomato greenhouses. The workers, mainly Moroccan, are bussed in each day. Who eats all these tomatoes?

Nearly back now, as we descend towards this picturesque bay and headland with the red rocks. There was a proposal several years ago to create a Disney World 20 miles along this largely unspoiled coast. I’ll settle for the plastic tomato greenhouses every time!

We finish with a drink at the Oasis café. Another good walk completed.