Today we are going to San Francisco, not the one in America but the one by Ronda, it’s a Barrio, a little town attached to Ronda by the old gates to the old town. We’ve been looking at it from the Old Convent for ages but never ventured down. Today we drove by Atajate and up the road to Ronda, this road brings you to San Francisco and we had planned to park there. We struggled to find a parking space so we drove into the old town and parked there.
We walked back down the hill, it was baking hot so we stopped off for a drink in a bar before we went exploring.
We walked round the square for a bit, it was quiet and had a few old men sitting playing board games in the corner.
This is St Frances (or a statue of anyway)
We walked through the old gates and took this photograph looking back through the square.
Susan stopped off in the shade before we walked up the hill.
This hat took her fancy but eventually decided that it would be a waste if 6 euros.
We found our way up to the old walls of the town, it was a bit hairy as there was no barrier, we took this shot looking over the wall to the old main square.
The car in the bottom left had a puncture and was parked right in a junction, it took them over an hour to get the wheel changed.
The disused convent in Rondas old town.
On the way back to the car I noticed that someone had placed a slice of Pizza on the wiper blade of this van – wonder why.
We drove back through Ronda to Mercadona for a few bits and bobs then we decided to stop at the bar opposite the station in Benajoan, we’ve eaten at the station bar before and been very happy. We didn’t enjoy this place as much, the waitress was surly and the food pretty tasteless.
We got home and watched a bit of telly then went into town to get a few things, we needed buttons for the duvets and Sausages from Kirsty and Richard.
We had dinner, watched Wimbledon and checked out a few more campsites for our journey home.
No blog for a few days as I am heading back to the UK to photograph the game fair.
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