Pete Blanchard5: Aqueducts and Eagles?The Roman aqueduct in Segovia is indeed impressive. It’s nearly 2,000 years old, not held together by cement and is nearly 100 feet tall…Nov 17, 2017Nov 17, 2017
Pete Blanchard3: SegoviaI love Segovia. It’s not a huge, impersonal, bustling metropolis like Madrid. Instead, it’s one of many delightful, small cities in Spain…Aug 28, 2017Aug 28, 2017
Pete Blanchard2: Driving Over MountainsThe flight from Stansted to Madrid Airport was uneventful. I prefer it that way as I always try to grab some sleep on flights. On go the…Aug 23, 2017Aug 23, 2017
Pete Blanchard1: A Road Trip & a Lucky StreakWe’re off to Spain for a holiday. A phrase uttered thousands of time a year by people glad to get away for a week or two. Where we were…Aug 13, 2017Aug 13, 2017
Pete Blanchard¡Fiesta!So the preceding six posts before this one were my long-winded way of describing the memorable experience of participating in the press…Jul 2, 2017Jul 2, 2017
Pete BlanchardEl regresoWednesday morning turned up as a cloudy grey rainy day. After a shower, I headed down to a breakfast of fruit, Spanish omelette, ham…Jul 1, 2017Jul 1, 2017
Pete BlanchardA Castle in SpainThe downside of arriving late at the hotel was that the journalists had already left on their evening drives and had taken all the sporty…Jun 30, 2017Jun 30, 2017
Pete BlanchardBack on TrackWe drove along the autovía waiting for the sat nav to direct us to Rome Street, where my friends live. I realised the sat nav was ignoring…Jun 29, 2017Jun 29, 2017
Pete BlanchardThe Road to ValladolidSo we left the airport and hit the open road. It took us less than ten minutes to get lost. With a sat nav.Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017
