Left Ronda in gorgeous blue sunshine with only a few wispy (not really a word me thinks) clouds.
The countryside has changed again. It is not so dry and arrid as yesterday. In fact quite the opposite it was fairly green and agicultural.
Surprisingly we climbed up a long way given we are heading for Cadiz on the Atlantic.
We did not appear to decend that much but soon hit our first Spanish motorway. That was fantastic as there was virtually no traffic. There was also this hilarious sign indicating that motorbikes driving behind you could have an accident. I will post a picture when I get back.
I am surprised we made it really given that the other signs we saw along the way were for falling rocks, bulls in the road, risk of fire and risk of being blown over. Although we did remark that the risk of fire sign was in close proximity to the excessive wind sign. So we reckoned if we were on fire at least the fire would get blown out.
Then to cap it all we were presented with a beware of bandits sign !!!
Cadiz is surrounded almost entirely by water and to quote Lord Byron in 1809 “the most beautiful town I have ever beheld” and he went on to add “full of the finest women in Spain”.
Today it is a busy port with a historic port and a few ugly suburbs.
Unfortunately Lord Byron would be mortified with modern Cadiz. It is ugly. You have to drive everywhere and you do not get the feeling we associated with Malaga or Ronda of a warm and friendly place. Instead you feel that you are counting the hours until you can leave.
We are going to spend two days here and whilst the hotel communal areas are nice the rooms are not a patch on Ronda and Malaga.
Hopefully tomorrow will bring something a bit more positive. We shall see.
