Garrucha & Mojacar 6th & 7th April 2016 Weather Now cheering up again 15 degrees and sunny After taking the opportunity to fill up and empty again at a service station just outside Aguillas (N37.3887 W1.61581) for a huge fee of 1.5 euros we were good to go and wild camp again for another few…
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Scenic drive to Aguillas
Aguillas N37.3955 W1.60392 Free beach parking 4th – 5th April 2016 Weather Cloudy with heavy rain showers As the weather was forecast to change we decided to make tracks and head along the coast. The direct route to our next destination of Aguillas was only a 1 hr 20 min drive – we decided however…
Active days at Cabo de Palos and La Manga
31st March 16 – 4th April 16 Weather sunny and windy around 18 degrees I’ve always been a little intrigued by La Manga I don’t know why – maybe it just because it’s a strip of land only 300m wide with sea on both sides. Or maybe it’s because the England football team have…
Trouble in Paradise (almost)
Monday 28th March – Wed 30th March Camping Marjel GPS N38.178945 W0.810188 17 euros per night with ACSI card (33 without) Weather Sun, Sun, Sun around 23 – 25 degrees If you have read our recent blogs you will know by now that we have been fast-tracking further north in order to meet an appointment…
Northwards for Easter Weekend Las Alcazares & La Marina
Our stopover at Las Alcazares was in the commercial aire GPS N37 45’49.75 W00 49’48.98 at a cost of 14 euros a night (11 without electric). We decided to push the boat out though for an investment of 3 euros and get everything charged up. No sooner were we plugged in than every socket was…
Catching up with friends from the UK in Vera Playa
19th – 20th March 2016 Ironically this time last year whilst visiting Spain we met with our friend Mags as she just happened to be out in Mojacar at the same time as we were and was staying in the hotel next door to ours. I wonder what the odds were for us meeting up…
Moving North Torrox, Almerimar & San Miguel
16th March – 18th March 2016 Although the weather is generally better the further south you are in Spain at this time of year, we are continuing our journey north towards Alicante, our destination for our habitation service on the 28th March. From Fuengirola we headed past Malaga to Torrox. Having visited the area…
Celebrating Pauls ½ century in Fuengirola Spain
After a couple of nights near Gib our next task was to find somewhere to stay for a few days to celebrate Paul’s 50th Birthday. As his birthday falls on the 15th March for 8 or so years he’s always spent it working at the Ideal Home show in London. This year not only did…
A long drive to Gibraltar
After around 4 ½ hours non stop driving we finally decided to stop over near Gibraltar. As we had heard that its easier to stay near the port and walk across that’s what we did. We bypassed the parking right next to the border and drove round the back to the marina (which was a…
What a difference a day makes
20.1.16-21.1.16 A Corruna Day 2 Weather a whopping 16 degrees (well it reached that at 2pm in the afternoon for around an hour!!!) We enjoyed our little cycle around A Corruna that much that despite Paul spending ages re – loading the bikes on to the back of the motorhome we decided to…