Day 330 – Friday 1st February 2019
Woke up to a howling wind and heavy rain but it’d cleared up by lunchtime and we took a ride on Zippy into Marbella.
Marbs
The old town part of Marbella is quite small but pretty enough.
Marbella Old Town
The seafront is anything but small and the promenade is lined with restaurants and cafes and Africans selling luxury goods at remarkably discounted prices.
Marbella seafront
The boats in the marina are pretty modest
The Marbella of TOWIE fame is down the A7 in Puerto Banús.
I imagine this is how everyone from Essex dresses but obviously in XXXXL size
With it’s expensive and fashionable shops it’s looks like it’s trying to be Cannes. Definitely a market for a Millets though.
The marina at Puerto Banús
Day 331 – Saturday 2nd February 2019
Sunny but cold in the wind. Bit of a lazy day.
A walk on the local beach was as energetic as the day got
Day 332 – Sunday 3rd February 2019
A gloriously sunny day. A Sunday lie-in then off on Zippy to have a look around the town of Ojén in the hills behind Marbella.
Ojén
Ojén
Back to Marbella old town for lunch
A lot less wind today and the front was pretty packed. This place must be crazy in summer.
Julie bought a Louis Vuitton scarf at a real bargain price from one of the African gentlemen on the front.
Day 333 – Monday 4th February 2019
Lovely day. Did bits and bobs and the day disappeared.
After a little apprehension and a dust up with another cat Cfor quite likes exploring the site, watching the pigeons and eating grass
Day 334 – Tuesday 5th February 2019
Another beautiful day and after a walk to the beach and lunch we set off for an afternoon’s stroll around Puerto Banús & Marbella.
Always amazes me how little these gin palaces get used
None of the staff in the Louis Vuitton shop noticed Julie’s scalf wasn’t quite kosher.
I don’t know why Louis Vuitton don’t move their sales operation down to the prom at Marbs; these guys shift tons more stuff than they do in that stuffy shop.
We’ve enjoyed our time in Marbella but I have to say the standard of driving in the town is truly appalling and I think I’m pretty lucky not to have had a scrape of some sort.
Day 335 – Wednesday 6th February 2019
Yet another beautiful day in Andalusia. We packed up and set off for Camping Valle Niza 50 miles along the coast between Malaga & Torre del Mar.
The site is okay. Mind you when the weather is this good even Redhill would look quite nice.
Cfor settled in in a matter of minutes
I get the impression most of the people here have been here for months getting slowly frazzled during the day and sozzled during the afternoon and evening. The guy opposite was on the vino at 4pm and another bloke had to be helped back to his van at 6:30pm.
I went for an explore on Zippy. Not much open this time of the year round here.
Day 336 – Thursday 7th February 2019
Beautiful day. The German at the back of us is complaining about Cfor going on his pitch; he is allergic to cats. What a coincidence, I am allergic to twats. There are at least 4 other cats wandering around the site why pick on Cfor!
After lunch we headed into Torres del Mar. Not really a lot to see.
They have a huge promenade, probably paid for by the EU, but not a lot else.
Eric Cantona had his yacht in the bay
Tomorrow we are off to Nerja on Zippy