If not Madrid, then Germany.

 Whoops. Wrong turn, back we go and out into the suburbs of Jerez.  




We are going past a restaurante, Tuga by name, and it has 4.9 stars from 678 reviews so I think we really must allowed to indulge a little.  It’s LGBTQ+ friendly.  The website does not seem to be owned by the cafe anymore.  Yesterday Carles wrote ‘Excellent cuisine, with superb product quality and very professional service’.  Emilia reckoned ‘An absolute delight for senses! We were incredibly lucky to be greeted personally by the owner and chef of Tuga - a welcoming and sophisticated gentleman, who also helped us choose the meals. The food is outstanding, so is the atmosphere. We cannot be more impressed and indulged. Thank you!’  We must push on.


We are leaving town and crossing a blasted - well, well frazzled, health. 

Along a camino de servicio.  All the stuff is going on on the other side of the A4.  Now, this A4 doesn’t have the decency to head out of London and onto Bath, no, this one is the Madrid to Cadiz.  This 660km of tarmaced joy began life in the 1960s and got to Seville in 1992.  It finally got to Cadiz in the 2000s.

We will end the day at Jerez Airport.  The place began a pre-life in 1936 because of the need of the Fasc to fly troops in from Morocco to help put an end to all that democracy lark.  The following year it was decided to build a permanent airfield, so they moved a temporary base to this site - I think. In 1938 the new permanent based was designated for the military only - and so the town opted to turn this site into a domestic airfield and opened it in 1946. 

The airport developed in its cargo capacity in the 1950s and in 1968 it opened to passenger traffic, with a new terminal and the promise of a longer runway. In 1975 saw the opening of a regular flight to Madrid and the rest, as they say, is transport economics. 

The busiest route [2023 data] is from Dusseldorf. In fact six of the top 10 are German. Two are British [Stansted at 3 and Gatwick at 9] and Luxembourg at 10.  This is essentially a place used by domestic flights. Madrid is the top destination and equals the top five foreign fights put together. Barcelona is next and then destinations in the Spanish islands. If it helps, the place connects to the city by the railway.

Jerez airport gets 4.1 stars from 2185 reviews.   We will end with Karine’s wise words. ‘Small and pleasant airport. The airport is exceptionally quiet and peacefully situated. Everything runs smoothly, and the staff is friendly. You can enjoy beautiful views during takeoff and landing.’






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