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.
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