{"id":2330,"date":"2012-03-24T06:10:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2018-12-17T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:41:06","slug":"dont-mention-the-war-in-morella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/dont-mention-the-war-in-morella\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t mention the war in Morella"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re here: N40.62384\u00a0W0.09186. It’s the free aire at Morella (pronounced moraylya<\/em>), a fantastic spot. We’ll stay here again tonight and make the most of it.<\/p>\n

The weather is: sunshine poured down on us until about 2pm. It’s clouded over now as the sun drops towards the castle, but still bright.<\/p>\n

The castle here has been the scene of conflict for 1000 years. Christians have fought Muslims. Spanish have fought French, and Spanish have fought Spanish, up until as recently as the civil war here in 1938. It’s notable that the maps and information boards all talk about conquest of the Moors, Carlist and Napoleonic wars, but no mention is made of General Franco, even though his conquest apparently did huge damage to the place. It’s as though the Spanish simply want to ignore the fact within loving memory their grandfathers ripped each other’s families apart. Curious.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, we walked the 1km into town this morning, after dropping some cubed beef and meat stock into the slow cooker. Oh, and after Ju had trimmed my hair. Not to worry beard fans, the ginger growth remains intact! B-)<\/p>\n

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The walk took us past a San Miguel lorry. It was a beautiful sight, only blighted by the gothic aqueduct behind it.<\/p>\n

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Walking on upwards into the town, we passed bollards to stop any vehicles too wide for the streets from entering. It seemed the locals take this as a challenge and we saw vans squeezing through the narrow wall doorways.<\/p>\n