Tam &Toby do Europe ...Take two

Val 2 dogs said:
The piccy's yet again are superb and I second what other people have already said, I too would never be able to get to these places. Thank you so much for sharing them(y).
Now, just a small favour - the views we saw yesterday before you got up in the clouds held so much promise- couldn't you just nip back up there again? Pretty please :p:D.
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I was tempted to be honest but between the bike ride 2 days ago the 3.5 hour hike yesterday and the 2.5 hour one today I have to say the muscles in my calves are killing me. I'm gutted I didn't get the view yesterday I feel I missed out but I couldn't climb up there again today.
 
Rob and Val said:
Loving your trip so far, Tam. Pics are great. How do you find these beautiful places?
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Some are just luck others are from reviews of other folks travels etc.
I passed these mountains last year and remember thinking they looked different so I had looked them up online and then saw there was a monestary up there. Looked on park4night and found a few parking spots up there so decided this time I'd go and look.
I highly reccomend it If you like the outdoors , there's several walks to do and it's so peaceful and quiet.
 
Northernraider said:
I got to thinking did Jolene take dollys man in the end ?
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No, Dolly saw her off. Been married 54 years now I think it is ?
She talks about in in some of her shows & now refers to it when husband is asleep in the chair as" I look at him & think Jolene where are you when I need you ?"
 
So after out hike this morning we went back to Toby for lunch and then I left jade to nap and I went back for a look at the actual monestary. I dunno why I like churches etc but I love the extravagance of them I Guess.
I'm not religious myself but I appreciate the architecture and the art and I guess the dedication and faith that inspires folk to build design and create them. So here's a few pics of the monestary itself . It's free to enter you only pay for the parking which is €6.50 for 24 hours or €8 for 48 ....I paid €8 as I was there more than 24 hours.
P.s if you go don't pay at the machine it will try to charge you €57 you go and pay the guard manually.

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We last went there around 2001 and didn't see the sights. We went for an orienteering race! Sometime we need to rectify our mistake and go and have a proper look around.

Thanks for reminding me.

Lovely photos.

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Northernraider said:
I appreciate the architecture and the art
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Is "bling" a new word ? I'm sure the designers of these places had their own version. As did the Moors before them.

It has to be said, those that make a beeline for Beni and straight back do miss a lot.

I can't remember, have you visited Avila yet ?
 
hilldweller said:
Is "bling" a new word ? I'm sure the designers of these places had their own version. As did the Moors before them.

It has to be said, those that make a beeline for Beni and straight back do miss a lot.

I can't remember, have you visited Avila yet ?
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Aye they certainly know how to bling ...

Haven't been to Avila...I didn't get anywhere near Madrid last time as I stuck pretty much to the coast with only the odd trip inland here and there but not that far in.
 
Northernraider said:
So after out hike this morning we went back to Toby for lunch and then I left jade to nap and I went back for a look at the actual monestary. I dunno why I like churches etc but I love the extravagance of them I Guess.
I'm not religious myself but I appreciate the architecture and the art and I guess the dedication and faith that inspires folk to build design and create them. So here's a few pics of the monestary itself . It's free to enter you only pay for the parking which is €6.50 for 24 hours or €8 for 48 ....I paid €8 as I was there more than 24 hours.
P.s if you go don't pay at the machine it will try to charge you €57 you go and pay the guard manually.

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That's exactly how I feel about religious buildings, I have visited them all over Spain, France,Portugal and a few in Italy, not been inside all of them(don't like paying) some of them locked, and the Spanish are definitely the kings of bling:)

My screen name is part of the Spanish nickname of a saint.

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So we left Montserrat around 3pm and drove the 30k or so to a wee aire I stayed at last year outside Barcelona. Will stay here tonight and probably go on to sitges tomorrow. I need to find a laundarette now as I've a couple of bags of washing accumulated. Will try and do that tomorrow.

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Busy wee place this and there's about a dozen campers here , fortunately only 3 were actually in the motorhome spaces so I got a spot ok . Nice and sunny so hopefully tops my solar up a bit as i was parked in the shade up the mountain so got sod all charge while parked there and had heating and tv on a good while last night so batteries were down at 85% ....up to 92% so far :)
 
matamoros said:
That's exactly how I feel about religious buildings, I have visited them all over Spain, France,Portugal and a few in Italy, not been inside all of them(don't like paying) some of them locked, and the Spanish are definitely the kings of bling:)

My screen name is part of the Spanish nickname of a saint.
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Yeah I'm not really one for paying to see them inside , couple of euros maybe ( I put 2€ in a collection box for the choir in that one ) but not up for paying a lot to visit a church.
 
Oh Please! I'm not impressed like , some scumbag has slashed my bike cover.
Obviously to see if the bike was locked on to the rack. Which it is with two heavy duty chains. I didn't notice it when I left the monestary but I'm assuming it was done there as I haven't left the van unnatended since. Although I have heard a couple of noises behind the van while I've been lying here reading.
I just bought that bloody cover before I left.

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Northernraider said:
Oh Please! I'm not impressed like , some scumbag has slashed my bike cover.
Obviously to see if the bike was locked on to the rack. Which it is with two heavy duty chains. I didn't notice it when I left the monestary but I'm assuming it was done there as I haven't left the van unnatended since. Although I have heard a couple of noises behind the van while I've been lying here reading.
I just bought that bloody cover before I left.
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Bloody monks :mad:
 
Ouch! Scumbags. Consider yourself as getting off lightly, might've been worse if they had nicked the bike.
 
irnbru said:
Ouch! Scumbags. Consider yourself as getting off lightly, might've been worse if they had nicked the bike.
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Aye I know ...that said they would need to come prepared to Nick the bike as they would need to cut the rack or the 2 heavy duty locks on it.
Still a pain with the cover though that's £30 down the drain and only 2 weeks in to the trip so it will probably end up shredded
 
Martin was always unsure about going there. It's (or was at least) a well known climbing area and the climbers' cars got targetted regularly. Seems nothing much has changed, unfortunately. Hope you can repair it.

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Morning.
Started off lovely and sunny this morning but it's a bit cloudy now :( although it's still dry so that's the main thing.
Emptied and filled this morning before leaving the aire, I had planned to stop in st boi and do laundry, pick up some meat from mercadonna, get a hair cut before heading to sitges but the car park I had sussed out on Google earth was busier than I expected so couldn't get parked. So I just headed off to sitges. I'm not desperate for laundry so it can wait a few days.
I liked this wee town last time so I'll stay a day or two. Nice walk along the shore to town. So I'm in the same place as last time , only one other van here a British maroon coloured pvc...they were actually at the monestary too but they only stayed an hour and buggerred of again.
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Northernraider said:
Morning.
Started off lovely and sunny this morning but it's a bit cloudy now :( although it's still dry so that's the main thing.
Emptied and filled this morning before leaving the aire, I had planned to stop in st boi and do laundry, pick up some meat from mercadonna, get a hair cut before heading to sitges but the car park I had sussed out on Google earth was busier than I expected so couldn't get parked. So I just headed off to sitges. I'm not desperate for laundry so it can wait a few days.
I liked this wee town last time so I'll stay a day or two. Nice walk along the shore to town. So I'm in the same place as last time , only one other van here a British maroon coloured pvc...they were actually at the monestary too but they only stayed an hour and buggerred of again.
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That’s where we were last March when broken into. Although we had to park just up a side street as there was a resident in one of the houses there who kept coming out and pointing out the parking signs that say no longer than 5m.
 
Just incase you weren't already aware
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