Post by XTreme on Jul 19, 2009 14:19:04 GMT
I was ready to go early this morning before the wall of heat descended!
The sky was blue....roads were empty (as usual).....so it was time to get the motor running.
And today I was going to visit a very unusual landmark.....the likes of which you poor sods stuck in Britain have never seen before. A Church in a giant cave complex!
Usual volume of traffic....zero!
After 35 miles stopped in Barranda....
Continued on.....then left at Caravaca de la Cruz! Destination Calasparra!
Another 15 miles and I arrived in Calasparra!
I have been there before....can't say it feels like a typical Spanish town. There seems to be more Latinos there than anything else!
Another 5 miles and I arrived at The Sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza - A Place of Pilgrimage!
Parked up and approached the entrance....this thing is massive!
The Sanctuary is a church set into the side of the mountain, the first records date back to the 17th century. Apparently it's a place of pilgrimage and many people travel here from all over Spain and beyond.
Always difficult to get good photos inside caves....but I think you'll get the general idea!
Inside the church cave complex they've also got a museum.....
Then it was back out and time to get on the road again....
Forty miles on it was a stop in El Moral.....temperatures were up in the mid thrirties now!
Another thirty miles and I was home! Hot....and very fly splattered!
150 miles in hot, dusty conditions! A visit to an incredible social and cultural landmark. And swooning chicas in every town! ;D
The sky was blue....roads were empty (as usual).....so it was time to get the motor running.
And today I was going to visit a very unusual landmark.....the likes of which you poor sods stuck in Britain have never seen before. A Church in a giant cave complex!
Usual volume of traffic....zero!
After 35 miles stopped in Barranda....
Continued on.....then left at Caravaca de la Cruz! Destination Calasparra!
Another 15 miles and I arrived in Calasparra!
I have been there before....can't say it feels like a typical Spanish town. There seems to be more Latinos there than anything else!
Another 5 miles and I arrived at The Sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza - A Place of Pilgrimage!
Parked up and approached the entrance....this thing is massive!
The Sanctuary is a church set into the side of the mountain, the first records date back to the 17th century. Apparently it's a place of pilgrimage and many people travel here from all over Spain and beyond.
Always difficult to get good photos inside caves....but I think you'll get the general idea!
Inside the church cave complex they've also got a museum.....
Then it was back out and time to get on the road again....
Forty miles on it was a stop in El Moral.....temperatures were up in the mid thrirties now!
Another thirty miles and I was home! Hot....and very fly splattered!
150 miles in hot, dusty conditions! A visit to an incredible social and cultural landmark. And swooning chicas in every town! ;D
