La Linea de Conception to Caldes Monchique Portugal

Day 66 9/6 La Linea de Conception Wild Camping

Left the wild camping spot overlooking Gibralter after spending the morning on the beach at La Linea de Conception. Heading for Camping Roche Site, Lovely site had a lazy afternoon round the van.

Day 67 10/6  Camping Roche to camping giralda

Had breakfast and decided to head as near to the border of Portugal as we could get which was about a 3 hour drive. However on the way a red engine light came on the dash board so we drove slowly to the site as the van was juddering. While we were driving along i was looking for the nearest Fiat dealer to our surprise there was one in Isla Cristina which is where we were heading, so we limped along and Derek nursed the van slowly to the site, unfortunately it was Sunday so we had to stay 2 nights. We took the bikes off the van and cycled to the garage so we could find it easily the next day.

Day 68 Camping Giralda – Isla Cristina.

Derek got up early and cycled to the garage to try and get an appointment . He made an appointment for 10.30am, so we got the van packed up and off we went leaving chairs and table on the pitch as we were coming back. To our surprise there was nothing major wrong with the engine just a blocked fuel injector which the mechanic cleaned for us within an hour we were back on the campsite and it had only cost us 15 euros (phew).

Day 69 Camping Giralda to Castro Marim Portugal

Left Camping Giralda at about 11 ish after getting packed up and washing the van for the first time since leaving the UK. Only 30 mins to the next Aire in Portugal, We crossed the border with no problem not even passport control. When we arrived at the Aire Castro Marim we had to put our clocks back so we were now on UK time. We went for a walk round as there was a medieval Castle which was not far and only 1 euro to go in.

Day 70 Castro Marim to Caldas de Monchique

We left the Aire for a 2 hour drive west to Caldas de Monchique on the way we stopped off at Praia de Oura near Albufiera to meet up with Rose and Sylvia. We had our lunch at there apartment overlooking a lovely beach we stayed chatting for about 2 hours then set off to find the Aire. When we arrived it was breathtaking the views were stunning this was a rural location but a lovely well maintained Aire with everything you need including Electric, Wifi, Pool, Washing Machines, Showers, Toilets and all for 12.50 Euros .During  the night it was really  windy i thought the camper was going to blow away.