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 can’t 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 wasn’t 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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