Hola di Catalunya!

Visited Cambrils back in the 80s,stayed overnight on the quay car park in those days.Used to wake up and watch the fishing fleet go out at 04-00 ,with a cup of cocoa ,then back to sleep till later.Interestingto see then the fleet returning late afternoon and deposit their catch in the fish market.   Used to be a good restaurant out on the main road too,run by Father and Son.They also had accommodation upstairs.Just one of many memories of touring !!  .

Great photos Moulesy,  enjoy your holiday 

Hola! M.....

we passed the Delta and Cambrils on our way here to Benicassim on Sunday....

i have a very nice Rioja here if you can make it....

Moved on from Cambrils up to Sort in the Pyrenees today. It's a very old fashioned mountain resort with lots of quaint buildings and a river where, apparently, rafting is very popular, but the level is so low at the moment that it's not as exciting as it should be! Haven't had chance to take any pictures here yet. 

On the way we stopped off at the Cistercian monestary at Pobletts, a UNESCO world heritage site, very reminiscent of Fountains Abbey but much better preserved and still a "working" monestary though with only about 30 monks now. A real mishmash of architectural styles too.

Off up into the national park tomorrow. 

Sort is a typical mountain village, very busy along its main road but sleepy as soon as you move away. A very picturesque church and a river where the main attraction is rafting and kayaking, apparently the Spanish team come here to prepare for the Olympics, but it's very calm at the moment, there's been a very dry summer.

Along the main street are mainly modern hotels and apartments, until you come across the Cafe Pessets; the building is over 150 years old and if you look closely the pillars appear to be supported by a pair of mermaids! I'm not quite sure what the story is there - we're miles from the sea!

Gluttony for punishment we walked up the hill on the other side of the valley to where they are trying to restore some vineyards abandoned some 200 years ago.

This morning we went up into the centre of the Pyrenees, to a village called Espot and we're driven in a 4 by 4 up into the Aguestorte National Park. We walked along the shores of the Lake of St Maurice and onto a spectacular waterfall. The weather was perfect and the scenery is simply stunning up there. 

More lovely armchair travel. Thank you 😆. Look at that blue sky have you photo-shopped it 😂😂😂 it's very grey here, did see a glimpse of blue early this morning. Great photos. Looks like you're having a great time, are you on an organised tour?

We moved on to Camprodon yesterday. It's a very pretty medieval town on the edge of the Pyrenees close to the French border. The river is spanned by this mini-Mostar like bridge, we get this view direct from our balcony and it looks spectacular lit up at night.

Today we went up to the "remote" Nuria valley, more spectacular mountain scenery. You can only get to what is, in fact, a fairly busy ski resort in winter by walking (3 1/2 hours) or on the little rack & pinion train - we didn't walk!  

Great pictures, M. You certainly seeing plenty of interesting places and having the weather to enjoy them Wish it was as sunny here.