Four .....Guardamar del Segura

Stop number four,  Guardamar del Segura is a municipality of the province of Alicante located at the mouth of the river Segura in southern Valencia, Spain. It is a Mediterranean resort, with a large pine forest abutting an 11-km-long white sand beach. Historically an area of fishermen and farmers. This site was the first time we had encountered the over-wintering Brits in their massive rigs and their death rays.....We also met Suzie and Keith and Paul and Wendy two really nice couples. Paul and Wendy Broomfield come from Romsey and Paul went to school with one Chris Fletcher-Jones.....spooky. We all went along to the onsite bbq and had a great afternoon

The campsite was about 3km outside the resort of Guardamar which was reached on a cycle path. With our location being so far south our satellite system could not pick up any UK signals hence the size of the dish in the above picture, nothing under a 3 metre dish works this far south. So we decided to walk into town to have a look around and see if we could buy some DVD's from the local supermarket. Sitting outside a bar we got chatting to two Brits who quickly pointed us in the direction of a bar where we could buy 4 DVD's for €10, bargain....but not quite kosher. The bar was small and dedicated to Celtic Football club and owned by two Glaswegians. We explained to the bar man that we had been sent on the recommendation of a certain individual to buy some DVD's. Well it turns out that the person who recommended the bar was an ex-policeman...enough said.

Anyway....the bar was great with very friendly ex pats. One Gordon Pittendrigh would have felt very much at home here.