A photo of the day thread

[Orion]

Flamenco in Seville last night.

A light show in the gardens of the Real Alcázar seen from the rooftop bar of the adjacent Alfaro Restaurant. Fun fact the wrought iron ‘Rosina’s Balcony’ on the same building is said to have been the inspiration for ‘The Barber of Seville’.

 

[maison]

You’ve missed out the segways.

Didn’t see any. Perhaps they have been banned as dangerous.

Even their inventor died when he drove his off a cliff!

 

[bobnick]

Didn’t see any. Perhaps they have been banned as dangerous.

Even their inventor died when he drove his off a cliff!

Plenty there last week.

 

[maison]

Wheres the horse and cart then

Saw one but after climbing all those hills I was too knackered to reach for the camera.

I’m getting too old for all this gallivanting around hilly cities!

 

[bobnick]

Forgotten..........again, just how nice Altea topside is.
Sister loved it as she has not been out and about for a long time.

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[billym]

€16 on the ferry €36 on the bridge, Patras to mainland Greece

 

[Nirvanauk]

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€16 on the ferry €36 on the bridge, Patras to mainland Greece

You could get a lot of solar on that roof. Just saying like.

 

[billym]

You could get a lot of solar on that roof. Just saying like.

We've had it 8 years. Been all over in it. Got a 100 ah battery and only once had a problem that required a new leisure battery.
It never fails to amaze me what people use to need so much solar, lithium etc.( other than visiting cold miserable dark places)

The solar panel is 23 years old

 

[Wendo55]

Me and Shirley Blossom on our last visit to Villasol campsite (Benidorm) to see JockandRita Sheddy and TheHat before we start heading home over the next few days.

 

[bobnick]

There is a PVC up the site with a FUN reg......................don't know if he is on this forum. Not had chance to say hi. Think he might be Scottish as he has a blue and white cross thing sticker on the back of his van.

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[JockandRita]

There is a PVC up the site with a FUN reg......................don't know if he is on this forum. Not had chance to say hi. Think he might be Scottish as he has a blue and white cross thing sticker on the back of his van.

Bob, there are loads of us on Villasol, with 3 x FUN members in our little cul de sac alone.
If it's the black PVC up in the 500s with a FUN Reg No, then yes they are members, but no, they are not Scottish.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Manic]

All Pippa needs is a flooded field to have fun

 

[bobnick]

Got to look like a tourist now and again.
Albir for walks and lunch. (keeping away from the food photos you have noticed)
Quite warm today. Guessing 25c ish ish.

 

[Nirvanauk]

Got to look like a tourist now and again.
Albir for walks and lunch. (keeping away from the food photos you have noticed)
Quite warm today. Guessing 25c ish ish.
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Bob, what are you drinking? Lemonade?

 

[bobnick]

Bob, what are you drinking? Lemonade?

Agua Con Gas. Never drink alcohol at lunch times

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[cyberyacht]

Not sure about that shirt.

 

[bobnick]

Not sure about that shirt.

I've got some far worse than that.

 

[Chris]

Pembroke Dock has changed a bit since then. There's traffic lights now, and everything!

(Seriously, when I moved to Pembrokeshire in 1996 there wasn't a single set of traffic lights across the whole county)!

(In 2023, we still don't have a single mile of dual carriageway in the county, never mind motorway).

I grew up in Pembroke Dock until I was 18 and then went to university in 1983 and have lived in England since ( Bristol and London).

Still love Pembroke Dock though - warts and all

 

[Barti Ddu]

I grew up in Pembroke Dock until I was 18 and then went to university in 1983 and have lived in England since ( Bristol and London).

Still love Pembroke Dock though - warts and all

Pembroke Dock is a typical port town with all that goes with it. Friendly locals though and an interesting history. I've a soft spot for it too.

Like most non-tourist areas in Pembroke it is struggling economically and needs regeneration. Hopefully the Celtic Freeport initiative announced last year will bring in the promised investment.

Do you get back much?

 

[Chris]

Do you get back much?

I try to. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year.

My Mum and Dad still live in Pembroke and my brother lives in Llanreath.

God willing, I will retire there. Probably not toPembroke Dock but that area.

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[Barti Ddu]

I try to. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year.

My Mum and Dad still live in Pembroke and my brother lives in Llanreath.

God willing, I will retire there. Probably not toPembroke Dock but that area.

When the sun is shining in Pembrokeshire
(a rarity these days), there's nowhere better!

This was Newgale yesterday.

 

[maison]

When the sun is shining in Pembrokeshire
(a rarity these days), there's nowhere better!

This was Newgale yesterday.

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Many, many years ago, while trying to encourage friends to go camping with us we spent a weekend on the camp site at Newgate.

The first day was beautiful but, that night, a storm came up. Their tent collapsed, the sea crossed the road into the site and they decided camping wasn’t for them!

 

[Mikey RV]

Lifted a drain cover today and hello mr frog.

 

[Barti Ddu]

Many, many years ago, while trying to encourage friends to go camping with us we spent a weekend on the camp site at Newgate.

The first day was beautiful but, that night, a storm came up. Their tent collapsed, the sea crossed the road into the site and they decided camping wasn’t for them!

Perhaps not the best campsite to introduce newbies to the joys of camping! The Newgale campsite has had a chequered history. 10 years ago it hit the headlines when a bus was swept off the road onto it during winter storms. Last summer a car ploughed onto the site driving over a tent, leaving the occupants severely injured. Earlier this year the adjacent pub, the Duke of Edinburgh burnt down. And as you say, there is always the possibility of flash flooding of the site throughout the year. A week ago there was a lake in the middle of the campsite; yesterday this had receded to simply being a "bit waterlogged" - but I'd be surprised if it dries out enough to be fully usable over the Easter weekend.

 

[maison]

Perhaps not the best campsite to introduce newbies to the joys of camping! The Newgale campsite has had a chequered history. 10 years ago it hit the headlines when a bus was swept off the road onto it during winter storms. Last summer a car ploughed onto the site driving over a tent, leaving the occupants severely injured. Earlier this year the adjacent pub, the Duke of Edinburgh burnt down. And as you say, there is always the possibility of flash flooding of the site throughout the year. A week ago there was a lake in the middle of the campsite; yesterday this had receded to simply being a "bit waterlogged" - but I'd be surprised if it dries out enough to be fully usable over the Easter weekend.

We had never visited the Newgale site before.

“There rests the case for the defence, M’Lud”

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[Vanderek]

For convenience put the ramps out and park in the service bay. Pamplona today

 

[bigwood]

I stopped overnight at the site at Newgale in the seventies whist walking the coast path. It was a basic site and I think the toilets were public for the beach. We only stayed there thinking we might have been able to have a shower. It still dosnt appeal to me from the reviews I have read.

 

[Chris]

I stopped overnight at the site at Newgale in the seventies whist walking the coast path. It was a basic site and I think the toilets were public for the beach. We only stayed there thinking we might have been able to have a shower. It still dosnt appeal to me from the reviews I have read.

South Pembrokeshire is nicer in my biased opinion.

 

[cliffanger]

A lovely ‘drying day’ in Burgos today!

 

[Shrimp]

Beekeeping on the move?
These are not silly Bees, they have found some warmth.

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