Vilanova Park - Post 3

Wednesday 6th to Monday 11th March 2019 - mostly lots of lovely 🌞🌞🌞 🌞🌞🌞 until today when it's been ⛅⛅⛅!
Motorhome Miles 0,  🚴🚴 miles 15 and maybe 26 ish walking miles
Parking Co-ordinates 41.23161, 1.69432

Well, what can I tell you this time??  We're still at Vilanova Park Camp Site and since we last 'spoke' we've spent a few days around the site relaxing in the sun and chatting with our neighbours and we've also spent a couple more being quite energetic hiking in the hills and on the coast. 

Our first major hike this week (about 12 miles) was on Friday and to the town of Sitges which lies about 5 miles east of Vilanova, and to get there we caught the bus down into Vilanova and then walked along a rough coastal path and then along the towns lovely promenade.

The View on the Way

The View just before we arrived

And Someones Sea Front Residence - in an old Bendy Bus!

Sitges prom runs for about 2 miles and initially it's very unspoiled and lined with grand old mansions, some of which have been turned into exclusive (and probably very expensive) hotels.  But as you get nearer to the main part of the town the prom becomes littered with 'Looky Looky Men' touting their wares and also with lots of 'Craft People' selling leather goods and jewellery.  And these hawkers became much more numerous around the beautiful old church and the alleyways through which you have to pass to proceed towards the marina.

Taken from the furthest point to which we walked

Along our way there were also quite a few interesting sculptures!

Think John forgot his pipe and paintbrush!

A Naked Lady watching over the beach

And we couldn't quite decide what this was but we thought
it might be a lobster doing a claw stand!

After we'd walked all the way to the marina we had our lunch and then turned ourselves round and walked all the way back - but by a slightly longer pine forested route - and by the time we found ourselves back within the precincts of Vilanova we were extremely glad to catch the bus up the hill to the site rather than having to use Shank's Pony!

Our other even longer walk was on Sunday(14 miles) and it took us back up into the mountainous Parc Natural del Garraf where we've ventured 3 times while we've been here - but on each occasion we've gone a little further! Our target today was a Grotto at a height of 1,522 feet called  Puig de l'Aliga - but it seems we choose to do this walk on one of the hottest days since we've been here! 💦💦 I think we nearly melted!!

The very pretty Grotto which was perched right at the top of a
very steep hill

We were not alone!

John at the top pretending to be a Cormorant
Or maybe he was just trying to dry his damp pits after our long climb😂😂
It was another fantastic dining room!

Us right at the very top of Puig de l'Aliga 

The climb had been hard but was very rewarding with it's magnificent far reaching views in every direction, but once again, we were glad to put our feet up and glug a nice cold beer 🍻 when we got home.

And that's about it for another week!  Today (Monday) had been nominated a 'Rest Day' so we've stayed on site!  I've been to the spa for a swim and a sauna and John has spent a good part of the day route planning for our return journey.  We had planned to leave here on Wednesday 20th March but that would require us to have fairly long drive days to get to Caen for our ferry home on the 26th.   So instead, and especially as our feet are a bit itchy 😂😂, we're probably going to get underway next Monday (18th) so that we can take our time and maybe do a bit of exploring as we go!

Bye for now 😗😗
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