Saturday 22nd March 2025 – Cabra, Spain

Jane did a little washing whilst I investigated the trail, which was very popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists. I also walked down to the springs, which is the source of the River Cabra and the waters supply the whole municipality. They are very strong springs with a large amount of water emerging from below the rocks.
We walked 30 minutes into the centre of the town and there were public fountains and drinking fountains everywhere, celebrating the plentiful supply of water provided by the springs. We came across some musicians in uniform and there was obviously something about to happen. We followed them to the town hall square where I asked some drummers when the performance was going to start – 11:30 he told confidently. As it was 11:20, we decided to wait. At 12:20 (!!) they started and marched a short distance into a cinema at the back of the archaeology museum. It turned out that there was a series of events today in the cinema for the Lent Passion and the band were obviously on at 12:30. I must say that the band were very good.
We went to the museum, which was small but interesting and included a video about the Prehistoric occupation of local caves, complete with their simple engravings and paintings. There was a good mock-up of a Roman Mithraeum – a subterranean room where the god Mithras was worshipped.
When we first arrived in the museum, there was a stand with some pictures displayed on a screen. The information was all in Spanish but I decided to touch one of the images. Much to my surprise, It started speaking in Spanish and the whole stand started moving across the floor. It was  a robot that gave a guided tour of the museum. Unfortunately, it was not a very intelligent robot as it only spoke in Spanish.
We walked to the tourist office where we found out that the castle (now a convent) could only be visited by a guided tour at set times at weekends. We decided against that as the tour would be in Spanish and it didn’t look that interesting.
We had lunch in the beautiful villa of the Circulo de la Amistad. The restaurant itself was called the Casino Restaurant although we couldn’t see any sign of a casino. We had excellent food whilst sat in the cloister, watching the sun and rain in the courtyard – delightful.
We wandered through the streets, admiring the architecture before we headed back to the van via a supermarket for essential supplies.
Last night we had a police car tour the aire, which was both reassuring and rather worrying. Tonight we had visits from two police cars – one from the Municipal Police and one from the Guarda Civil - but we managed to avoid being arrested.
Photos: The band about to enter the cinema; The museum robot; The restaurant at the Circulo de la Amistad.