Where's Bertie? He's at a commercial Aire at Cóbreces. It costs €9 to stay here (including waste, water and hot shower) and we've splashed out an extra €3 per night on electricity too. (Exact location: 43.38896, -4.21078)
Weather: Surprisingly dry, even if overcast. 15 degrees.
It was as we stepped out of Bertie to go for a run this morning that I spotted the sign in the car park which prohibited motorhomes from parking there. I would feel guilty about accidentally flouting it, if it wasn't for the fact that it was located at the opposite corner of the car park to the entrance. Anyone parking in the first half of the car park and not heading out on foot in that direction would have no cause to see it.
We left Bertie where he was and went for our run regardless, which involved dropping down, down, down to the seafront, running around the town, then having to reascend. I did an extra out-and-back along the beachside promenade and walked up the hill. Mick ran.
Somehow it was approaching 11 o'clock by the time we left our illicit parking spot. By the time we had detoured into Suances proper, found somewhere to park and done a bit of shopping it was marching on for noon. It's still a mystery to me as to where the days go.
Today's destination was only twenty minutes along the road. It's a new Aire, opened in June this year, that has already attracted an incredible number of positive comments on Park4Night. It is, in effect, a mini-campsite, having a toilet, a shower, hot water, wifi, electric hook-up and laundry facilities (the latter two at additional cost). The shower is 'interesting' mind - it's located in the laundry room and has two curtains, in the manner of a changing room, but no door. It puts me in mind of the Gîte we stayed in whilst walking the GR10 last year that had the same arrangement and where a chap was as horrified as I was when he whipped back the curtain of my cubicle just as I was standing there starkers (the clue is always that if the curtain is closed, then it is in use).
I will take a snap of our view, of an enormous church and a sizable monastery, tomorrow, when we intend to walk in that direction. Today we wandered off in the opposite direction, to the beach which the campsite describes as being 'a stone's throw away'. Personally, I don't know anyone who can throw a stone 1km...
There's little in this snap to say it was taken in northern Spain, not Cornwall
That's one way to keep your lawn down
We are getting nearer to the Picos de Europa mountains. The question is whether the weather will be amenable for a visit when we do get there
I've been and checked this evening, and we don't have a big sign on the side of Bertie that reads "Why don't you park right next to us?". Even so, with three slots taken in a 25-space Aire, the next (and only other) van to arrive decided that the spot right outside of our door was the one they wanted. Why, oh why? With a ramp under a front wheel and electric plugged in, moving felt like too much effort, so we'll just hope neither of the occupants has a nasty night-time cough!
Weather: Surprisingly dry, even if overcast. 15 degrees.
It was as we stepped out of Bertie to go for a run this morning that I spotted the sign in the car park which prohibited motorhomes from parking there. I would feel guilty about accidentally flouting it, if it wasn't for the fact that it was located at the opposite corner of the car park to the entrance. Anyone parking in the first half of the car park and not heading out on foot in that direction would have no cause to see it.
We left Bertie where he was and went for our run regardless, which involved dropping down, down, down to the seafront, running around the town, then having to reascend. I did an extra out-and-back along the beachside promenade and walked up the hill. Mick ran.
Somehow it was approaching 11 o'clock by the time we left our illicit parking spot. By the time we had detoured into Suances proper, found somewhere to park and done a bit of shopping it was marching on for noon. It's still a mystery to me as to where the days go.
Today's destination was only twenty minutes along the road. It's a new Aire, opened in June this year, that has already attracted an incredible number of positive comments on Park4Night. It is, in effect, a mini-campsite, having a toilet, a shower, hot water, wifi, electric hook-up and laundry facilities (the latter two at additional cost). The shower is 'interesting' mind - it's located in the laundry room and has two curtains, in the manner of a changing room, but no door. It puts me in mind of the Gîte we stayed in whilst walking the GR10 last year that had the same arrangement and where a chap was as horrified as I was when he whipped back the curtain of my cubicle just as I was standing there starkers (the clue is always that if the curtain is closed, then it is in use).
I will take a snap of our view, of an enormous church and a sizable monastery, tomorrow, when we intend to walk in that direction. Today we wandered off in the opposite direction, to the beach which the campsite describes as being 'a stone's throw away'. Personally, I don't know anyone who can throw a stone 1km...
There's little in this snap to say it was taken in northern Spain, not Cornwall
That's one way to keep your lawn down
We are getting nearer to the Picos de Europa mountains. The question is whether the weather will be amenable for a visit when we do get there
I've been and checked this evening, and we don't have a big sign on the side of Bertie that reads "Why don't you park right next to us?". Even so, with three slots taken in a 25-space Aire, the next (and only other) van to arrive decided that the spot right outside of our door was the one they wanted. Why, oh why? With a ramp under a front wheel and electric plugged in, moving felt like too much effort, so we'll just hope neither of the occupants has a nasty night-time cough!
If you have time visit San Vicente de la Barquera along the coast. Gorgeous. And the local delicacy is sorropotúthn which is a class of tuna and potato hot-pot yum yum...
ReplyDeleteRight - San Vicente has now been pencilled in. We should be there in two or three days time.
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