Matters of Opinion

 In all, on this leg of our journey, we are off to Castellon, we are dropping 1250ish m  I still find it hard to cope with the fact that while you wander across flat bits of open Spain you are a kilometre up in the air. industrial units and suburban urbanizations to park next door to.




Always in the search of novelty we can pop into a horse riding stables - well, that’s what Google call it..  Yeguada Hermanos Civera Sánchez. https://yeguadaciverasanchez.com/   Six months ago Ruben said ‘Without a doubt the best place to go horse riding and have your horse, great facilities, with different tracks where you can ride horses at all levels, the instructors are all very experienced, they make learning to ride a horse easy thanks to their patience and good work, a great place, 100% recommended’.  




Scrolling down it all happened six months ago - when many of the reviews come from.  They are either 4 or 5 stars and lovely or these are the worst people and utter rotters.  Each of these is matched by a strong rebuttal - I quote ‘This is a false review from a person who has never been a client of our equestrian center and which belongs to a smear campaign carried out by someone totally unrelated to the equestrian activity who, for other reasons, has encouraged people in his circle to give negative reviews to our center. , hence they all appear from the same date Since Google does not check that the reviews are made by real customers and it is impossible to eliminate them, these events have already been reported to the national police for defamation.’





Given that most of these are the only review these reviewers have given it does rather pose and possibly answer a few questions.



Nearby is the Casa Rural Luna Mudejar.  It gets a four. I thought, peace, some nice little moments of joyful reflection of happy times in the Mudejar Moon.  The newest review, this person has done two, was one star, ‘A bad experience, dirty and dilapidated house’  The owner replied ;I don't care about the reviews, but I am going to do everything possible to locate you and put you in court. Just so they can put you in the place you deserve’  Two years ago Noelia said ‘Very spacious house, super well equipped, spectacular views and places. The owner very attentive and friendly. Located near Teruel and Dinopolis. Excellent cleaning. Ideal to disconnect with the family.’


As always, I urge you to go yourself and make your own mind.



Tomorrow, more road.

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