Are we there yet ......

Yep we've arrived,  in fact we are unpacked, settled in, food in the cupboard , G & T in the hand (with lemon picked from the tree in our own garden, which thrilled M) and off for our first night out in Rincon.

But not until I had broken out the Yorkshire T bag's,   4 days without a cuppa, I had withdrawal symptoms.

After an epic day's driving yesterday we struck very lucky with a handy IBIS hotel in Madrid right nextdoor to a lovely traditional restaurant and didn't have to dodge the rain drops, yes it was raining here too!

Our route took us across the lower reaches of the Sierra Nevada and a tangled switchback of amazing roads, bridges and tunnels criss-crossing some stunning gorges & a huge reservoir.   M is very impressed with Spanish civil engineering! Another early start meant we reached the coast in time for lunch on the beach at Salobrena, not bad for 2nd Jan.

I'm afraid I do have to report blue skies and temperatures of 22°.  I hope you are all OK back home & not too badly affected by the flooding we have seen on the web.

Our day ended with a romantic walk along the edge of the Med just before midnight, well we are newly wed's after all.......