Trips through Spain - Ronda - 2 |
Friday 19th May 1995
Buffet breakfast with suspect (Alpen?) müsli (too sweet) and lovely brown bread rolls. We went to Ronda and, as we had come down the white road yesterday, we went up the yellow (and theoretically, better quality) road. This was exciting, as it went round a mountain on a narrow, cliff-cut road past a dam with no water behind it. Then, we went through cork oaks before joining the main road to Ronda. There, we went round the by-pass and in from there. There was supposed to be a Feria on with a cattle market but we saw no sign of it. We did wander around looking at its dramatic location on the edge of a cliff and with a gorge cutting through it, painted by David Bomberg, of course (and this is where Avis and I come in as a couple).
Ronda from the East |
Ronda from the South-East |
In Old Ronda |
The gorge from the bridge |
Looking down into the gorge |
In Old Ronda |
The Ronda Valley painted by Bomberg |
West from Ronda |
In Old Ronda |
The gorge is very hard to photo because you cant get round it. The old town is on the smaller portion but the whole town looks oldish. We came back about lunchtime and lazed. I went in the pool again and met a young couple, Toby and Katie who seemed reasonably compatible. We had tea with them and, after an after-dinner trip to Ronda to see if there was more Feria action (there wasnt but children identify us as foreigners and say Hello or Good Morning), we had a drink until midnight with them, as they are only staying for the night.
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