6.45 a.m. he's getting better! An hour or two later was deemed more acceptable to surface and have breakfast before preparing to depart. We were in no rush so by the time we had (very carefully) extracted the van from the driveway so we didn't damage the water tank again, and said our farewells it was 11.25.
Several calls to make today, refill the gas bottles, probably the fuel tank and some shopping as our plans have included another longer stay at a campsite. It was obvious that Spain has once again attracted the entire European population of motorhomers with many places crowded with wild-campers so we've decided that we'll stick to campsites, hopefully being able to book ahead, and only use other places for when we are in-transit.
First call was Annibels for gas, which turned out to be a fuel station that had expanded to be a camperstop and service point and was crowded with motorhomes. We joined the queue for gas but decided we didn't need anything else there and moved on, for now keeping to the smaller very scenic coast road. Passing through one of the small towns we spotted a Pleinoil so called in top up with cheap diesel. Bren spotted a Mercadonna supermarket but we couldn't find anywhere to park so carried on, eventually spotting our old favourite Lidl for the shopping and a lunch break.
We fancied returning to a very quiet site we'd visited a good few years ago with Tony Westwell, an old coach driver colleague who is sadly no longer with us. Checking on-line it looked like it had been well redeveloped and possibly still had some room - there were a couple of others around if that was not the case. So TomTom was programmed and we set off, once again on the A7 autovia before turning off into the Cabo de Gata National Park, a desert-like nature preservation area and down to the rocky coastline and village of Los Negros. A narrow roadway along the clifftops took us about 1km to We Camping where we discovered it was indeed almost unrecognisable fro and am the past as well as practically full.
At first the receptionist didn't think they could help, despite having a few empty pitches, mainly because they all had fixed canopies which we were unable to get under - we did try...... But perseverance paid off and we found a spot tucked away in a corner with a higher cover and manoeuvered our way in. We've booked for a week as it has everything we need including a pool, supermarket, restaurant and a small beach for Jamie.
The day had become surprisingly warm and after the regulation cuppa we found ourselves a little weary so settled down for a short nap........ Some hours later (!) we switched the lights on and got some supper!
The weather forecast is good, at least for the next few days with sunshine and temperatures of 22C so this'll do us for the week.
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