RV Penedes - Santa Margarida i els Monjos - Sunday March 2nd
No photos today, I’m not sure why.
A nice quiet night which was a bonus as reviews on the site had mentioned that the traffic started at 4am, but it was a Sunday morning.
We set off going past Carcassonne and Perpignan and onto the main road down through Spain - a road we know well.
It was a boring day especially as we are restricted to 90 kph in Spain after 110kph in France.
I was surprised at how soon we drove into Spain, it felt like coming home!!!
Richard drove all day while I tried to sort out our stop for the night. I had sent emails to a couple of places but neither of them replied so I had to look again.
Finding places to stop in Europe is very different to the UK. Europe likes motorhomes and most towns have their own aire which could just be a pitch or it might offer electricity and other services. There are also farms, wineries, olive farms etc. that offer overnight parking, some are free - they just ask you to buy a bottle of wine or similar. There are lots of different apps to use and I am still trying to get my head round them all.
The site we used was one set up by a local organisation to bring revenue into the area. It was a fenced off part of a large car park and offered services but no electricity - but then it was free! We could have also parked in the car park - there were about 10 vans there when we left in the morning.
236 miles
Santa Margarida i els Monjos - Search4sites
Finca el Fin Del Mundo, Catadau - Monday 3rd March
We found cheap diesel as we left Santa Margarida, having paid an extortionate amount on Saturday! All the pumps seem to be self service and Richard is getting the hang of them!
The sunshine that we had been driving under so far, turned to grey skies, but only a bit of rain.
Once again a boring drive but it was surprising how soon we started to look for our turning.
Just to show you that we were in the middle of nowhere
We drove through Catadau and out the other side, up hills and then down a short way before going up again. The road started off concrete and ended up a rubble track. Reviews of our stay had warned us of this thank goodness. The last part of the track was pretty treacherous but my trusty driver made short work of it! Google told me that our destination was on the left. The directions the finca owner had given me was to pass their orange house and turn down. We drove past the orange house and stopped. Large dogs started barking which worried me, then a face appeared over the fence and looked at me, puzzled at this intrusion! He spoke no English and my Spanish is practically non-existent but using the word camping, he pointed across the road! We turned around and found another orange house on the other side of the road. Then it all made sense! We drove down past the house and the gate was opened for us. The finca only has 4 pitches at present, but they are making more. It was 15 Euros plus 4 Euros for electricity. It was quite a nice afternoon so once “moored” up we took Rio for a walk. He hadn’t been off the lead since Saturday morning and just loved it.
219 miles
Finca el Fin Del Mundo - Search4sites
Camping el Quinto, Mojacar Pueblo - Tuesday 4th March
The last long drive thank goodness.
I think we were all getting stir crazy by this stage, especially Rio. We just wanted to get to our destination. We could have come slower but our plan is to drive right round the coast of the Iberian peninsula, so we wouldn’t have had time.
The great thing about kilometres is that they go down quickly! I drove the last bit and I just couldn’t wait to get off the main roads.
We turned off our usual route before Mojacar Playa as our site was at the bottom of the road up to the Pueblo. There was no-one around when we arrived but discovered that the office opened at 5pm. We parked up and waited. At 5pm we went back and were told to find a space and let them know what number! The pitches are all different sizes but I think we chose a good one.
We were hiring a car for our time in Mojacar, so we didn’t have to keep moving Kiwi. It was supposed to arrive on Saturday morning but I got a call to say it would be dropped off in 15 minutes. We have known Jay since we first came to Mojacar in 2017, he was then running a bar but back in 2023 he left the hospitality business and went into the family car hire business. It was nice to see him again.
Well we had arrived in Mojacar, but so had the rain. This was not in plan.
217 miles
We knew about this site so I didn’t use any of the apps.
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