We left Granada mid morning to go into Almeria region and a change of scenery as we drove through the desert. In the 60s the spaghetti westerns were made near the town of Tabernas and the area has a number of studio theme parks using old western film sets. The landscape looks more like Arizona than Europe and scattered near the road were old abandoned sets of a one-horse town and and an Red Indian village. Almost surreal! The heat was almost unbearable as we drove first up the coast to Cabo de Gata where there are some fine sea cliffs and a view of the Algerian coast. After dismissing a few possible campsites we settled in Mojucar. This was probably one of our worst sites of the trip, heat,smell,flies it had the lot. However we did manage to have a late night paddle and our first beach bar beer of the trip. The whole area is totally spoiled at least in our eyes by massive polythene and net constructions used to produce fruit out of season for northern europe, it was awful to see miles of these constructions.The picture is Kate at the Pass of the Wolves in the Sierra Nevada.
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