8th March 2017. Tarifa, Spain.

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It would have been nice to have stayed another day beside the marina but as it was costing 12 Euros a night we decided to move further along the coast to Tarifa.

View of the Rock of Gibraltar in early morning cloud from Alcaidesa Marina.

I love these birds with their little top knot. I thought they were fancy thrushes but apparently they’re called Crested Larks.

My wonderful husband doing the ‘oribble task of emptying the cassette! You are my hero for taking on that task throughout our trip!

Leaving Area de Autocaravanas, Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea de la Concepción.

Roundabouts are always interesting in Spain. Leaving Area de Autocaravanas, Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea de la Concepción.

We have seen some interesting building designs in Spain. Journey from La Linea de la Concepción.

Another interesting building. Journey from La Linea de la Concepción.

Another decorated roundabout. Journey from La Linea de la Concepción.

Wow! What stunning views there were across the water to Morocco. There was a low cloud between the land and the sea, it looked fluffy like cotton wool but there was nowhere to stop to take a photograph until we went round a corner and were thrilled to catch sight of a café and view point.

Looking across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco.

We ended up stopping there for lunch. Initially we sat outside but it was SO windy that we gave up and went back into the café (I think the wind turbines should probably have given us a clue about how windy it would be) and I watched some birds of prey circling on the thermals, it was a beautiful moment. We also saw a very cute dog enjoying the sun as we walked back to our van, I couldn’t resist taking a photograph of him.

View from the café over the Strait of Gibraltar.

After a very long lunch we carried on to Tarifa where we went shopping at Lidl and saw some great art painted on the side of blocks of flats.

had beautiful designs painted on them…..

We went on from there to the area de autocaravanas at Tarifa, which was a car park near the beach which was full of lots of vehicles squashed into an area behind high hedges. It was extremely windy there and we wandered along the beautiful beach being sandblasted as we watched all the kite surfers with their multicoloured kites.

We left Lidl’s and headed for the area de autocaravanas which was situated beside the beach in the distance.

Oh, dear, wind turbines, THAT doesn’t bode well!

Driving up to the area de autocaravanas.

We spotted this great surfboard as we were walking along the beautiful beach beside the first area de autocaravanas.

It’s SOOOO windy here, that wind surfer was fighting to keep his kite under control.

Two little cuties having a whale of a time playing in the sand.

My favourite little bird AND a windsurfing kite, superb!

We decided not to stay in the car park after all and returned to a huge field we’d passed earlier, it was so much nicer and less windy, possibly because it was shielded from the beach by a screen of trees. We chose a place to stop then reverted to lazy mode and just sat and watched various birds going about their daily routine until the sun started setting and the birds flew off to roost.

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