Podworld - Exploring interesting places

I took a trip into the Murcia heartlands to check out the spa baths of Balneario de Archena. This was midweek in autumn and the baths were not quiet but neither were they over crowded. There are two main thermal baths, one largely outdoor with an indoor extension under a conservatory, and the other mainly indoor with an outside area. You can use either at anytime and it is just about 25 metres between the two. Massages are also available at a reasonable cost (10-15€ today) but we simply swam and enjoyed the whirlpools and jacuzzis of the two pools. Very enjoyable and a place to recommend.

It is a place much visited and Murcia has called again. I find it hard to credit that in a nation which welcomes so many Britons this corner of Spain is left for the Spanish and those of us who have discovered its unheralded charms. Summer  or winter, this is the place to be for me.

This North Eastern corner of England is a land of contrasts. These cliffs at Flamborough in Yorkshire can be often windswept and attacked in no uncertain measure by the elements. One in a while though the wind ceases, the sun emerges and a glorious paradise emerges. This was one such day this late summer. The towering white chalk cliffs stood proudly over the benign crystal clear sea. At times like this it is possible to explore the rocky foreshore and the normally hidden rock pool teeming with life and the tide recedes and that was evident on this particular day. On top of the cliffs that day it was possible to see the coast stretch out her mighty arms north towards Scarborough and south beyond Hornsea and Mappleton. Yorkshire has countless breathtaking vistas but on this day Flamborough was unsurpassed in the county for its drama and awe-inspiring beauty. Yet despite this Flamborough and it's complementary beauty spots in the East Riding of Yorkshire remain largely unvisi...