It’s been almost 5 years since I last posted a blog post. 5 years ago we were about to enter a scenario which I don’t think anyone would have dreamed possible in real life. 6 weeks of near-complete ‘lockdown’. Where we couldn’t leave our houses other than for groceries, to exercise pets or to attend …
We left a rainy San Tirso de Abres to head east to Los Picos de Europa in Cantabria. It rained for most of the journey, but by the time we reached out campsite (Camping La Viorna) in Potes the sun was out! En route we stopped in Villaviciosa for lunch. It was lashing it down, …
En route from Salamanca we decided to aim for as close to the northern coast, somewhere in either Galicia or Asturias, as possible. We had toyed between going to Gijón or Oviedo, but couldn’t find any campsites which piqued our interest in that area in our camping guide (Guía de Campings de España). Looking more …
It had been so long since we last camped, I had forgotten that you really get back to basics with your circadian rhythm. Or maybe it’s because we have a toddler with us who is used to sleeping in a pitch black room? Anyhow, we were up at first light which gave us time to …
It turns out I had to pack quite a few chargers (including one for my watch!), but actually they were fairly insignificant compared to everything else we needed to bring. We left about 45 minutes later than planned. It was all going so well – we were all dressed, fed & packed; the blinds were …
The last time we went on a long camping trip was 2007. 9 years ago. I had a Samsung SGH-D900 in Wine Red. Mr H probably had a Nokia or Sony Ericsson. We didn’t really use the Internet on our phones, it was far too slow for a start. In fact we hardly turned our …
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Of Gibraltar, that is. Gibraltar is about 120km away, roughly a 1.5 hour drive. We decided, when my parents came over for a visit, that we would go there for the day. It was somewhere none of us had visited. We had heard mixed reports about Gibraltar. Many people who have visited comment that there …
From Arcos de la Frontera, we headed coastward to Vejer de la Frontera. We had mixed feelings about moving on – I had loved staying in the house we’d rented in Arcos, but the lack of internet connection was a big issue for Mr H. He was keen to get back online. In typical Harvey …
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Whilst staying near Arcos we ventured out on 2 more day trips: the first to Jerez and the second to Prado del Rey. Prado del Rey is another whitewashed village, and we didn’t spend much time there. We had some lunch, which wasn’t very notable, and that was about it. It was a nice drive …
We spent the last 6 days exploring a small corner of Cádiz province. Can I just say how awesome it is to be able to get into our own car, drive for a few hours and be on holiday in a beautiful part of the same country? With the same great weather. I’m so British. …
