We are marching to the sea - with all due respect to Jefferson Airplane

‘Castellon sits neatly away from the coast - well, it’s full of nasty corsairs and the like, so today we have about a 3km walk to the coastal development, down a very straight road.

Spain is doing public transport.  They have trams. The trams get a special route down the middle of the CV-1540, and short cuts across the roundabouts.  The first tram stop gets three, unworded, 5 star reviews. The bus stops get no reviews.  Where is the justice in that!


The Port has its own wiki page https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_de_Castell%C3%B3n  This has less in it that the town’s own page. The town has no natural harbour. Till 1841 ships would anchor off the coast and cargoes rowed ashore.  The city council asked permission to increase the number of anchored ships and in 1865 they asked for a sheltered anchorage.  Diverse delays meant the quay was not built till 1891.  This was blown up by Fasc bombers in the Civil War. In 1955 an expansion project was begun.  The port went from 431,000 of exported tons to 4,300,000 the following year  In the 1990s the Ceramica wharf was constructed and in the 2000s 50 hectares was nickeded and an esplanade built.  Currently the place has 8750m of docks and 22 cranes.


You know we haven’t had a Carlist mention recently  I really am going to have to buy a book or two on this,  In 1837, during the First Carlist War , the town, which supported the liberals, was besieged by the Carlist army on 7th - 9th July, leading to the construction of a new wall to protect the town. Successive sieges during the various Carlist Wars did not allow the wall to be demolished until 1882. Due to the city's heroic resistance to the Carlist siege of 1837, Queen Regent Maria Cristina and the Spanish Cortes granted Castellón the title of city on 4th November 1837.


Before we end today let us nip into the Cafeteria Baby’s.   A month ago Martin reckoned ‘The staff is exceptional and the atmosphere is 5*. If you are in the area, there is no better place to kick back and relax. I love the team and can't wait to come back.’   Lia thought ‘First time we go. They recently had new management, they are very nice. We had a very good lunch, the place has a spectacular terrace, ideal for events. We will repeat’


So we end and tomorrow we go into the field.














 

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