Having failed to do any sight seeeing yesterday we decided to have a short day today and have a look round Murcia - the town not the province. The guide book gives it a good write up. The camp at Campello is very clean and tidy and since we had time we spent some time clearing up the van and I did 30mins on the Blog. We got away just before mid-day. Murcia was only an hours drive and would make tomorrows journey rather long so we chose to drive on on a bit to find a camp near Alahama de Murcia. There are two in the book, one a few kms away, but sounded nice. Alhama de Murcia is in a huge vale edged by hills. I suppose it is only fitting that our last day before Torre should be as distinguished as some of the others, anyway we phoned forward to the site to confirm they had a space. They did so we turned of the A7 motorway and heded through Alahama and found the road to Mula through the National Park. All was going well, but the road started to narrow and then started climbing and climbing. After 5kms the signs to the camp site stopped. I was sure we had missed it. There was no where to turn round and no roads off to left or right. It just got steeper and steeper. I rang the site and was told I was still on the right road, there is a turning at Km 12 and they were 5kms from there. I was now in first gear and negotiating some quie steep hairpin bends. The views are stunning (see photo above). We found the site in the woods at the top 3,000 feet from the valley floor!!
It is a very nice site family and dog friendly it seems. Lunched on Tapas from the bar. 3tapas+2 wines+ 1 beer 6euro 60 the lot. Glad to be back in Spain!!
We decided not to go back to Murcia, but to have a look at Lorca. I had seen a poster somewhere with a large castle and the name Lorca. Set Trixi for the town centre. It is horrible. Modern highrise block and looks very industrial. I know it's Saturday, but the place was deserted. Nicky insisted that we find the Tourist Office. Wellwe did and found the old town and the castle. We got to the castle at 4.45 to find it would close at 5pm, so a tour round was impossible.
Anyway the views are amasing and relly 360 deg.
Heavy cloud came over aand I think we could see rain in the distance. It was all rather sudden, but we raced back to the van in case I had left the roof open.
It is a lovely area and the site is an ideal place for walking. I think we will return at some point. Perhaps not with the van, but take one of the chalets on site.
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