The beauty of having a car is that it’s easy to pop off to Los Urrutias for a meal. Paddy Singh’s is always popular, but, if you go early you can usually get a table. Lovely meal.
Category: La Manga 2015/16
Beach iPone photos
Looking for some ideas on using perspective in my pictures, I ventured to the beach and took some snaps with my phone.
Run
Last runs before our Cross de la Artilleria race on Sunday so just a gentle run.
Cartegena – Collecting Dorsal
Dorsal is what the Spanish call the race number you pin to your vest. The plan was to collect the numbers and vests (you get two technical T-shirts) and then go for lunch at a little restaurant we know in a pretty bay just outside Cartegena. Number collection was from El Corte Inglés in Cartegena was very efficient with the army (organisers) completely on the ball.
Unfortunately when we got to the restaurant it was closed for refurbishment. We decided to explore the area and discovered what must be the energy hub for the area. Based on the edge of the sea, it’s ideal for boats to bring in the gas, oil and other necessary essentials to keep the power on.
The narrow road led us to the top of the mountain giving us lovely views all round.
We found our way back to the main road network and headed off to Espacio Mediterraneo to have lunch and do a little shopping.
Run
4 Bridges run today.
Lightwind Freestyle
No wind, so Chris and I had some freestyle fun.
A stitch in time
No wind today, so another play with Adobe Lightroom. This picture started with 4 separate photos stitched together. 2 across and 2 high.
Mike’s (Dixon) birthday
Another good night at the local Chinese restaurant to celebrate Mike’s 69th birthday.
Bike ride to La Unión
Not a very nice day today and we didn’t really wear enough to keep warm. That didn’t stop us from enjoying a good strong coffee with some toast.
Gun Emplacements at Castillitos
The route to the guns from Mazarrón has a small but hilly detour which takes you to an excellent view point up by the aerials. Unfortunately, it was a little misty today so the views were a bit hazy, but stunning nonetheless.
Returning from the aerials, we took the road to the right which led us to the Gun Emplacements at Castillitos. Rather than returning via Mazarrón we headed back through Cartegena, a more direct route on roads that were a lot better than we had thought.
These large guns were constructed between 1926 and 1933 as part of a sophisticated defence network which aimed to protect Cartagena and its important military arsenal. 44 elements covered every angle of attack and batteries were constructed in a ring which encircled Cartagena and out along the coast as part of the Plan de Defensa of 1926.
The guns, made in the UK by Vickers, were the best in the world for anti-shipping defence at this time, and had a 35km firing range.
There are 2 different batteries at Cabo Tiñoso, La bateria del Jorel, which houses three 1923 model Vickers 152.4mm, 45 calibre anti-shipping guns, and the Bateria de Castillitos which has the enormous Vickers 381mm guns still in place, measuring 17 metres in length, which could fire a projectile weighing a ton over a distance of 35 km.
