Murcia, and what would prove to be the end of the line. For now. Ah, Che! You go all the way to Spain, and end up meeting a kilt-wearing Italian girl!

And yet another smiling Spanish family who were only too happy to help me out. *kleenex alert* – well, I had a “speck of dust in my eye” at least 😉 : I always like to feel that I bring something positive into the lives of the people that I meet. So when I was…

The “wee toe” explained. On my way to Alicante, I had put a *huge* hole in one of my socks. But I was completely unaware of this – and continued walking for 20km. As a result, my wee toe was absolutely destroyed. At one point, the whole toe was enshrouded in a huge blister. So,…

The ever-smiling Luis in Villajoyosa. And his house is absolutely stunning. Luis has taken an old, typically-Spanish house (the doorways are *tiny* – so I had to remember to duck now and again – Spanish people were a lot shorter back in the day), and transformed it into a very contemporary home. From the street,…

  When I had just been soaked *again* after having all of my wet clothes washed & dried in Denia (I found myself at the top of a hill when the heavens opened – and the only shelter was a *solitary* tree), then the welcome that awaited me in Javea couldn’t have been warmer. With…

  The absolutely wonderful Pau (Perales de Sinope). Pau made my walks around Denia memorable for two reasons: First, was his informing me of the “Vias Verdes”. They are all over Spain. Disused railway lines that have been transformed into FLAT cycling/walking paths; http://www.viasverdes.com/en/principal.asp But the second reason was even more important. On the days…

  Another amazing “Via Verde”: The disused Carcaixant-Denia railway line, which has now been transformed into an oasis of peace. And again, it was only thanks to the amazing Pau  (Perales de Sinope) that I even found it.

This photograph, and the one that follows, was only possible thanks to Pau (Perales de Sinope) who I was visiting in Denia. When I told Pau that I was walking from Gandia, he naturally assumed that I would be taking the “Vias Verdes” where possible: http://www.viasverdes.com/en/principal.asp I was ashamed to admit, that in all of…

  The full moon that lit my way in Cullera. There were no clouds at all, so I’m guessing that there must have been a lot of moisture in the air – because the moon had a kind of halo. Magical.

  A very rare thing indeed. A Spanish SUNSET! Because of the geography of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, it’s usually the SUNRISES which are spectacular. However, there is a huge lake within the Natural Park d’Albufera, so as you follow the eastward-facing coast south, you have to travel along a sliver of land between…