5th October Almeria

While I slumbered lazily in bed, Di got up and had a walk on the beach to watch the rising sun. Being very far south the sun only comes up at about 8am and down again by 8 pm, means we wake late, but we stay up later than usual too.

Houses tucked into the cliffs at the end of our beach

Sunrise over the Mediterranean.

When Hilary and i finally rose we decided to go for a walk (well Hilary wasn't so sure about the walk) up to the top of the hills to the south of the campground. This is a view looking back towards the campground in the direction of Almeria. We clambered up beside an ancient stone wall (or actually on top of it in many places.) I presume it was from the Moors times??

Resting up

A couple of the viaducts one a bridge to nowhere, the other carrying the A7. Our walk was up into the peaks and then back down into the valley, under the viaducts in the base of valley and back down into the campsite. Very arid, no snakes, but plenty of possibilities with caves and crevasses we avoided. Hot work walking in the sun, but gorgeous views and good exercise.

In the afternoon I decided that I needed some more action so I biked into Almeria, only about 3 kms but on a reasonably narrow and busy highway with cliffs going up on one side and sharp drops off into the ocean on the other. It also entailed biking through very narrow tunnels with traffic streaming beside me, and then having to cross three lanes of traffic to get to a footpath. I decided when we went in again we would take the bus, much more sensible with Hilary not always aware of the proximity of hazards.
Anyway I had a lovely time biking around the town, looking at whatever took my fancy, mostly just the facades of buildings though I did go to the Cathedral once it opened at 4.

Outside the cathedral, looking at the front where there is a newly planted square with these towering palms.

Inside the cathedral.

One of the organs (there were three or four lots of pipes.)

This square from the Moorish times was inside the Cathedral, the building had a mixed history over the ages.