We arrived here yesterday after a long arduous journey.
Day 30, 23nd Feb. Nice sunny day. It had been our intention to visit a friend over near Lourdes, but following a 'phone call she advised that the mountains were rather difficult, so we decided to go round rather than through them. We headed up to Barcelona and ended at a seaside place called Benicassin, and the aire was situaetd by the side of the road but we had a quiet night and the facilities were fine. It has to be remembered that we were having trouble with the RV having lost 5th gear, so we were limited to only 50 mph so it was taking a long time to cover fairly short distances.
We realised that it would take much longer than we had anticipated to get out of Spain.
Day 31, 24th Feb, Happy Birthday Lynne.
Another warm and sunny day. Today we only managed to reach Taragonna and found a little village nearby called Bellvei de Penedes with a lovely little private aire with full facilities. It was in a lovely location, but------------------the railway was at the end of the garden and from midnight to dawn I counted 27 trains passing the site, ah well.
Day 32, 24th. Weather rather cold and we crossed in to France having had a wonderful journey through some marvelous scenery.( still having trouble putting pictures in---sorry)Just before the border we stopped a a huge supermarket and stocked up with cheap Spanish stuff and diesel too. As we crossed the border in to France we were surprised to see border guards checking vehicles going into Spain, but not those leaving, strange!. The night was spent at a place called Boulou by a sports centre with lovely views.
It was a lovely litle town with a very nice boulangerie that had some very naughty cakes !!!! It was a very popular aire next to the cemetery and many vans were unable to park up, but the neighbours were very quiet !
Day 33 26th Happy Birthday Aunt Carol.
Went past Perpignon and on to the Narbonne region by the coast and headed up towards Clermont Ferrand, but it was such a long way that we decided to stop off en route at a place called La Couvertoirade. This is a fabulous 11c fortified Knights Templar hospital village and completely locked in a time warp, we were blown away (literally that night !!) It was just like a film set.
Awoke to a very cold, misty and wet morning and drove more than 280 miles to Clermond Ferrand. Whilst the journey was wonderful, it was tiringly long and we camped in the city at a designated 'camping car' aire, noisy but very welcome. Telephoned our friend Mick who managed to arrange our ferry for us and also offered us the use of his holiday home in Landivy.
Day 35, 28th
Sue was dreadfully poorly this morning, although she did improve as the day progressed. I decided that we should take the fastest route, so we went on the toll roads, for the first time. We travelled to Tours in the Loire ( 42.40 euro !!!!!), but along the river we found a lovely little aire right by the river. Just us and one other van and a lovely peaceful night.
Day 36, 29th. Happy Birthday Alison Stafford.
Sue was a lot better this morning, so we decided to make the trip over to Micks place, avoiding the expensive toll roads and had a very pleasant journey, which is where we are now.
Day 37, 1st of March
Sues BP was extremely high again but we spent the morning getting the van ready for our homeward journey. By lunchtime she was felling a lot better so we went to our favourite little resturant in the next village and called at the local supermarket and replaced our gas cylinder. Whilst re-positioning the van, I managed to get it bogged down in his field and had to get a local farmer to drag me out with his tractor. But tomorrow we set off for home via St Hillare du Harcourt for the Wednesday market, then to Lidl for our wine, and then off to a little aire by Sword Beach for the night and catch the 8.30 ferry in the morning, the 3rd.
May I thank everyone for your good wishes and concern over Sues health, I have to admit that I have been a tad scared at times, but with Gods help we are almost through it now, so it seems that this is a good point to say------here endeth the 'Oppys do Europe.
Byeee
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