Where's Bertie? He's at a free Aire at Puebla de Farnals. Exact location: 39.56549, -0.29222
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine, but still not overly warm, although I think we hit 12 degrees today, and it's been hot inside Bertie.
Finally rolling off the wasteland at Canet d'en Berenguer just before 9 this morning, off to Lidl we went. Having relieved our bank account of a chunk of money in return for a full fridge, freezer and cupboards (plus a couple of things on the sofa that we couldn't immediately find homes for elsewhere), we relocated a whole 100m up the road to give Bertie a treat. You remember that a week ago I posted a photo of his filthy back end? Today we took him to a jet wash and brought him back to a respectable state of cleanliness.
I said I was going to take more photos, and this is what I have to offer?!*
Onwards then to this Aire, only a quarter of an hour away. "How do you rate our chances of there being a space free?" asked Mick on the way. I was moderately hopeful, as we couldn't have hit a better time or day to maximise our chances. So it was - we took the one space available, and whilst there may have been other movements during the day, we haven't seen any other spaces come free. There has, however, been a constant stream of motorhomes coming and going. How many of them wanted to stay here we don't know; the big attraction is that there's a free service point here, and being parked right next to it, we've been aware of how popular it is**.
We've just had one walk today, to and along the beachside promenade, during which I failed to take any photos, so you can have these taken on Playa de Berenguer at 0730 this morning.
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine, but still not overly warm, although I think we hit 12 degrees today, and it's been hot inside Bertie.
Finally rolling off the wasteland at Canet d'en Berenguer just before 9 this morning, off to Lidl we went. Having relieved our bank account of a chunk of money in return for a full fridge, freezer and cupboards (plus a couple of things on the sofa that we couldn't immediately find homes for elsewhere), we relocated a whole 100m up the road to give Bertie a treat. You remember that a week ago I posted a photo of his filthy back end? Today we took him to a jet wash and brought him back to a respectable state of cleanliness.
Onwards then to this Aire, only a quarter of an hour away. "How do you rate our chances of there being a space free?" asked Mick on the way. I was moderately hopeful, as we couldn't have hit a better time or day to maximise our chances. So it was - we took the one space available, and whilst there may have been other movements during the day, we haven't seen any other spaces come free. There has, however, been a constant stream of motorhomes coming and going. How many of them wanted to stay here we don't know; the big attraction is that there's a free service point here, and being parked right next to it, we've been aware of how popular it is**.
We've just had one walk today, to and along the beachside promenade, during which I failed to take any photos, so you can have these taken on Playa de Berenguer at 0730 this morning.
It was on our way back to Bertie at the end of that stroll that Mick asked what the name of this settlement is and I realised that I had no idea. It's only as I've come to type this blog post that I've looked up to see where we are. What I did know was that we're only one beach further along from Playa de Puçol where we spent a couple of nights in January 2020.
With the day being so sunny, the rest of it was spent staring at laptops, with Bertie's battery not caring one jot that we were sucking power from his solar panel.
(*I didn't pack a spare kitchen roll. This was a mistake, as: 1) it's a vital piece of equipment in the art of washing a full day's worth of dishes in less than a litre of water; and 2) Lidl in Spain only sells either four packs, or single giant rolls. We don't get through it that quickly and if we buy four rolls, then we need to find somewhere to store the other three, so we opted for the giant roll. The photo doesn't give the true sense of how huge it is. It's rather a blot on Bertie's good looks.
**Visually this Aire isn't anywhere near as nice as the wasteland upon which we've spent the last several nights, and its location isn't nearly as good either. We'll still stay here for the full 72hrs allowed and will enjoy the convenience of having a tap and a drain to hand whilst we're here.)
Looks like you are going minimalist with that spartan kitchen roll holding contraption. Cold continues here.
ReplyDeleteHymer, in these expensive motorhomes, decided that what they'd do with that back wall is to provide two rails into which hooks can be inserted, but only provide two hooks. So for quite a while after we bought Bertie that wall lay empty, with us at a loss as to what use we could make of the rails, with its paltry two hooks. After one too many incidents of the kitchen roll flying off the bookshelf and unrolling itself when we were driving, I rummaged in my knitting bag and fashioned a minimalist and temporary kitchen roll holder. Five years later...
DeleteAs you'll see from today's post, it's a bit parky here at times too.
I'll have to see what I can find in my knitting bag.
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