A few days ago I was ready to give up on Spain – not completely and not the whole country of course – but I’d had enough of it for this trip. I felt disappointed by the places we’d stopped, tired of the jaded nature of some of the resorts we’d visited and to beRead more

Landing near Valencia after a whirl up a mountain side was only half the story. We have a very cheap truckers’ SatNav bought from Ebay for about £40. We also have a more expensive Garmin one that we use in the car that has proved useless in the Motorhome because it has no means ofRead more

I am incredibly popular … with small biting insects. I have tried extra hard this trip to keep them at bay, choosing to wear a lovely cocktail of Neem oil soap, Jungle formula, Avon Skin so Soft and a dash of Smidge. None of this seems to have worked, although I guess a truly scientificRead more

Just about everything we said about the last place was true. It was a beautifully kept site with a great (cold) pool and lovely (warm) staff. All the facilities were clean, including your underwear if you didn’t put them in a plastic bag before taking a shower. Then, on the last night, we got theRead more

We’ve been at Vendrell Platja in Calafell on the Costa Daurada for three nights and plan to move on tomorrow. It’s unusual for us to stay four nights anywhere. Usually we get too excited at the thought of what’s round the next corner but I’ve had a horrible cold and we felt like chilling so that’sRead more

One of the great things about motorhoming is the ability to change your mind at a moment’s notice and go somewhere different. As we left Nuevalos with the intention of driving towards Valencia we made a spur of the moment decision to turn back a bit and go across to Catalonia. Our plan had alwaysRead more

Yesterday wasn’t a good day: nothing too awful but enough to dull our spirits a bit. It started ok with a fantastic hot shower in the lovely campsite facilities. This inspired us to start a scoring system for various necessities on our journey – more on that later. We set off on our way inRead more

Before we left home we attached a wipe clean map of Europe to our table and we mark it as we go along. We love watching the line getting longer, even though the scale is so small that sometimes it’s only half an inch. When we’re planning our routes we have to bring out allRead more

We could have stayed another night at San Sebastian but it turns out this is a holiday weekend in Spain and the place was so packed I could hear the man in the next motorhome snoring last night. A family with multiple children had been playing loudly around the vans until late and we wokeRead more

Today we tried, and failed, to do San Sebastian in a day. Our Fitbits tell us we walked 21,000 steps. Well to be truthful Shirley’s says she walked 23,000 but we can only assume it’s because she’s got shorter legs than me given that  we did the whole walk together. Poppy and Boo came withRead more