I am travelling super economy on Ryanair with just hand luggage so Harry and Marmalade have stayed at home to guard Llys Onnen. The journey went reasonably well subject to the usual delays, queues and other stress points, the car hire interlude was amusing - I had an elderly English guy who tried to jump the queue in front of me, I remonstrated with him, quite amusingly he got all huffy but in the end his British sense of fair play won out and he invited me to go first. The next fun was the charming man who was filling in all the car hire forms, when I refused the extra insurance at €120 for the week predictably the charm disappeared and he became Mr Surley.
I drove down the non-toll coast road from Malaga Airport through the resorts of Fuengirola, Marbella etc and it confirmed my opinion of such places - to be avoided at all costs, it was a pleasure to turn up into the hills to my destination for the next three days, Casa Henrietta in Jimena de la Frontera, a quirky, hippy establishment that I stayed in for one night on my first road trip in 2013.
I visited the castle here before I checked in, believe it or not I did not notice it on my last visit. The views from up there were incredible, I could see Gibraltar quite clearly but the countryside is very parched and brown after the heatwave they have had, I feel sorry for the cattle and sheep.
Well it is dinner time, I will check out the restaurant that I had pig cheek stew in last time but I have the option of dining in this hotel apparently they only provide evening meals in the season.
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