The Road from Santiago

  We are going to see lots of different ways people will live when lots of people decide being on a very sunny southern facing coast, which really doesn’t have a lot of coastal plain is a good thing.  We will head out at the northward encroaching roads, which contour their way up. We will see villas grand, small and opportunistic.  We will see shops and terraces and even some blocks of flats.  I think it time to go shopping. Bar the Blarney https://theblarneylacala.com/   333 reviews give it 4.5.    Three weeks ago Ove wrote 2026-01-15: Looks great from outside. Will visit soon and update this review. See you later! 2026-02-06: Great bar in the sun. Lovely service. Poor loo. Coors pinta 3,75. Will be back! Five months ago Sue wrote ‘Great karoake night. Staff always super friendly. Frequented mainly by locals but do have tourist visits. Word of warning though it is a cash only bar. As a couple of times I had forgotten and had to go and get cash out.’...

  A quick dash before we come to the end of a day. The Playa de Torreblanca is before us. It is a 4.5 star beach.  Three months ago Marie said ‘Good beach. A lot of sea shells. Public bathroom in good condition’ We are in the land of places to eat and buy beachwear.  Restaurant Lemon has 236 reviews from 4.8 stars.  Yesterday Andrew reckoned ‘Outstanding main course, spiced authentically Lebanesse.’ Momag Burgers and Gin https://www.momagburgers.com/menu   Three months ago ioan said ‘We had the best burger in a while..! Fresh and very tasty, also great portion. We did had to wait until we were served the food, as it seemed to be only one person to cook, but it was worth the wait. Not very spacious, a few tables, that’s why it might be possible that yo u have to wait a while before getting a table!’ We are about to head inland. We will do by Castillo Sohail.  https://turismo.fuengirola.es/que-ver/patrimonio-historico/   It is a solid construction and ha...

  Greenwich Museum has a wonderful display where you see the area growing over time, with railways arriving and the like. This area needs one showing how the bleak and barren cliffs are slowly corseted with concrete and all manner of the arts of engineers to keep them from falling down and blocking the newly arrived roads. You may be pleased to know that the route we start on has been walked as part of the daily kilometres that were needed to account for this walk.  For the life of me I can not remember where we were at the time.  I think we might have started the journey back from Santiago - but I may be way out and do not intend to go back the two plus years in posts to find out. Let us stop over at the Yucas Cafe & Bar.   https://grupoyucas.es/yucas-cafe-bar/   The website gives you an all-round view.  It is LGBTQ+ friendly and has over 4000 reviews.  Top words are sea [282], vision [110], brunch [101], cocktail [56], sunset [51], cliffs [12], e...