Not just because they are comfortable either!. They are Goretex lined and I never realised just how valuable that would turn out to be when I got stuck in a malfunctioning Spanish "Superloo".
If you have ever wondered what happens when the superloo you wanted to use goes into a cleaning cycle I can now tell you.
Of course they are meant to lock automatically to clean when the last person leaves. However in my case, the door locked after I entered.
Pumps and machinery started.....
The seat lifted up by itself.......
The dim light got even dimmer......
The floor became awash, and water started spraying in the general direction of the toilet bowl and me.....
All this happened in a few seconds, so naturally I wanted out and hit the emergency exit button, hoping that it too was'nt having a bad day!
The door opened and I must have looked quite shocked, and I was quite damp as I stumbled out onto the promenade. I do know that my boots outers were pretty wet, though inside my feet were nice and dry!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Serra d'Irta
Just completed several days of hiking in the Valencian Regional Park. May is probably perfect hiking weather for coastal Spain, with warm weather and a steady breeze. We hiked mostly on the coastal path, the route is easy going, with one cliff to climb, El Volante.
At the top of the cliff is the ancient watchtower of Torre Badum, and beyond that we walked on to Pebret.
As summer approaches, the routes become hotter and drier, and we saw the Fire Marshal driving round, as well as the park wardens riding trail bikes several times a day. On the longest climb we kept being passed by endurance racers, running uphill, numbers on their hydration belts and desert hats on. Made me feel quite fat, old and unfit to watch them.
We stopped off at Pebret Beach, the sea was very refreshing!
The park is quite unspoiled, and very quiet to walk around. It's one of the few places of natural beauty in coastal Valencia, where the developers have not covered the hillside in concrete and built holiday homes. However the Regional Government plan to build 3000 homes here. If you want to visit, make it soon.
It's good that we completed our hikes, as the weather went very warm on the last day, so we did a bit of housework...and lay by our pool, while the temperature rose to the low 30's. Flew into the UK to be met by 13c and rain!
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