Sharon in Spain: fort

Saturday, 29 April 2017

My Dolly Week....

This week we went to a local castle/fortress which is just about 15 km from us and yet we'd never visited there before. We did actually try to go there last week but loads of roads were closed due to a cycling event. So we tried again and this time our satnav took us somewhere entirely different.....and then finally we just took a chance on directions and found the place!! But I must say it was a bit stressful as the roads we were sent down by the satnav were really scary, very narrow, very steep and some with sheer drops with no barriers. One paved road was so steep that as I turned into it, still in 1st gear, our tyres just started to spin on the road surface, they just couldn't get a grip on such a steep road!!! Never again!

Anyway, as I say, we finally found La Fortaleza de Velez Malaga and it had beautiful views and you could see the Mediterranean Sea in the distance, as well as several churches and the town of Velez Malaga from above. You can read a little bit of history here: (If you click on the photo it will enlarge)

I took two dolls with me; Claudia by Bonnie & Pearl and my Gotz Happy Kidz Emily from 2015. I walked up to the top of the tower to take some more photos, there were about 100 narrow winding steps to the top and fortunately no-one else was there because there's no way I could have got past someone coming in the opposite direction whilst I was holding a big bag, a camera, a handbag and two 19 inch dolls!!!! It was definitely worth climbing those stairs, the views were wonderful.

Claudia, from Bonnie & Pearl, enjoyed her morning out.....

The gardens outside the castle are very pretty and nicely laid out, the shade from the palms and the olive trees was very welcome as it was quite hot up there....