I was at Los Escullos (spelt correctly this time) - this is the local beach. There's not much else here - a hotel and a few houses. There's a small town just up the coast a bit - La Isletta (I think) - you can see it in the picture. The nearest reasonable sized town is San Jose to the south. I would have preferred to stay there but the campsite is closed in winter.
I cycled to San Jose on the coast track. It started off quite wide and a good surface

but soon I had to get off and push

I didn't see another person for 2 hours

A bit scary squeezing past the rockfall
the end is in sight

Lovely little town on nice bay with a small harbour

and restaurants! - Is this what you're talking about MikeF?

Refreshed, I cycled back on the road. Much quicker.

I visited Nijar nice but "touristy" (except no tourists at this time of year)

Famous for the rugs they make here

... and gangs of cats!

Las Negras

Finally a competition. A bottle of Rioja for the first correct answer.

What is this a picture of?

Yesterday I started the journey North (didn't really want to). Last night I stayed near Benidorm. Tonight I'm at Vilanova i la Geltru, just south west of Barcelona. I should be home by next weekend.

Hello again.
I left Torrox on the 5th and headed west. I went past Salobrena again.

The area around here is intensively farmed. They grow fruit in large plastic green houses. Every available piece of level ground is used.

There's still some room for little towns - Calahonda

- Castell de Ferro

Stayed one night at Castillo de Banos. A nice little campsite next to the sea.

Some people really make themselves at home.

- Aguadulce

- apartments with a sea view.

I went past Almeria and ended up at Camping Cabo de Gata. The coast is 2Km away and the town of Cabo de Gata is 3 Km away. The area is a Natural Park - semi desert - the dryest place in Europe. It is quiet and beautiful.

- the fishing fleet

They still produce salt at Almadraba, to the south.

- derelict church

The "Salinas" are used by flamigos.

if you get too close they get nervous

then they fly away.

Not sure what this one is - it just ran away.

Cabo de Gata lighthouse - the bottom right hand corner of Spain.

Looking towards Almeria.

Snow on the Sierra Navada above Almeria.

and now, just for change, an ugly bloke and a sunset.

Tomorrow I'm moving to Los Esculios, a campsite NE of here. Bye for now.

Happy new year to you.

I left Conile on 27th Dec. heading for Malaga. Heading south towards Tarifa it started to get very windy and judging by the number of wind turbines in the area this must be normal.

Tarifa harbour - could have taken a day trip to Tangier - didn't.

Straights of Gibraltar with North Africa.

Gibraltar in the distance - and from what I've heard about it, that is near enough.

Then North into the Costa del Sol. I'm not sure now what I expected but I was disappointed.

It seemed as though there was a continuous built-up area, along the coast, from Gibraltar to Malaga.

... and the weather turned bad So I went to the East of Malaga which was nicer - wandered around for a few days till the weather improved.

View of the snow covered Sierra Navada.

...and I ended up at Torrox Costa (not a cafe!) for a week.

New years day on the beach.

Did a bit of sight seeing too - lovely coastline

White towns - this is Salobrena, with a Moorish fort at the top of the hill

...with spectacular views

...and finally some sunsets:

I'm leaving Torrox today and heading further East. I'll let you know where I end up.