Dave and Sue outside La Sablonnerie, Sark

Monday, 16 January 2012

Now at La Manga


We arrived here early afternoon on Saturday after a 265 mile drive from Aranjuez. Again we started off in freezing fog but visibility was about 100 yds or so and the roads were virtually empty. A very easy route via Albercete and Murcia brought us to Cartagena then La Manga, our destination. We have found so far on this trip that stopping every hundred miles for a coffee and something to eat works well for us leaving whatever the odd distance is left at the end of the day. This ensures we are a bit fresher when looking for our destination. I have to say though that with using our Tom Tom and entering the latitude and Longitude of the site entrance has worked perfectly.

We chose our pitch from a few on offer when we arrived and set up the MH, cleaning the road dirt off before anything else. Very friendly neighbours around us and by five pm we were in an adjoining caravan enjoying a glass of wine with Elizabeth and Gordon from Northern Ireland.

Sunday, we woke to clear blue skies and sunshine with a breakfast temperature of about 14oC. This is what we have come to Spain for, by lunchtime it had picked up to 22o.

Following a coffee morning with other Rallyers we went back to the MH and erected our awning. This has only been attempted once before properly so it took some time but we are fairly happy with the end result. It had a good test last night after the wind got up and heavy rain followed. By this morning it was all over and the sun came out again, just how it should be.

Monday has been a full day with a mid morning Spanish lesson and then Sue went off to some Line Dancing while I went for a game of Boules, we lost. Tonight it is off to the local club for a Whist Drive.

It's all go here.

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