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Hello, we last left you in Tarifa; beautiful but wet and muddy Tarifa.
But one of the beauties of caravanning or motor homing is the ability to just
move on and search for the Sun and that is exactly what we did.
Now, when was the last time you had an entire service area to yourself?
Well, we've just heard that. We are currently on the motorway, the AP7 heading north
between Almerìa and Cartagena, and I thought I'd just
check in with you and let you know what we've been up to and what we're doing.
So we last left you in Tarifa, and from there I decided it was time to chase the sun,
seek out the sun; my goodness we found the sun! From Tarifa we had a bit
of a grotty drive actually, through the Costa del Sol to a site near... I've forgotten!
Oops!
It was called Camping Playa Almayate Costa... I'll put a link in the description below.
I was there covering the site for Caravan and Motorhome Club - a lot of you
know that's one of the reasons I'm doing this trip; to get some pictures and video
for the website and brochure for the Caravan and Motorhome Club, and that
particular campsite, Camping Playa Almayate Costa, it's their first
winter of being open so the site was very quiet. But it meant we could bag s
Seaside Pitch which is only a 2 euro supplement per night which is fabulous!
Oh my goodness, the sunsets were AMAZING!!! Absolutely gorgeous sunsets.
[Relaxing Music to end of sunset sequence]
Yesterday was a day of what us creatives would call 'content creation.' So in
the morning I went out to photograph 'that' bull - there's an iconic bull all
around Spain which I believe was once used as an advert for a brand of sherry.
But this hoarding has become iconic and represents Spain very well in one snap.
So we went and captured that in the morning, and in the afternoon while my
neighbours were enjoying the sunshine relaxing on-site, we were packing up the
caravan and heading off to do some photography with the caravan as the sun went down.
[camera shutter]
Oh my goodness you don't want to look at me, you want to look at this...
Look at this view! So this morning I was up early, I was up really early, and we are
heading to La Manga and I want to get there for early afternoon because it's
due to be windy this afternoon so I hope to get out kite surfing. Today is the
only day it's due to be windy. But you can see what amazing weather this is, and
unlike the Costa de la Luz down in the South which is quite green, this is
fairly green but you can see is very very much drier than it is down in the
Southwest of Spain. And the trip today has been interesting. First of all coming
up there were lots of covered growing areas... I guess tomatoes... so
acres and acres acres just covered in this plastic kind of stuff, which I guess
is how they do it. Since we hit this motorway we've hardly seen another car
on the same carriageway. The first... as soon as we went through the ticket
barrier for the toll because this is the only toll motorway of the journey today,
it was 10 minutes before we saw another car go past us on the same carriageway.
Plenty going in the opposite direction, but in the same direction
it was 10 minutes before we came across another car. And for the past hour
we haven't overtaken a single car or lorry, nothing. Nothing in our way at all.
Down there I believe that's Cartagena... sounds like a Bailey Unicorn to me... and we
have about 52 kilometres to go until we get to La Manga. So I'll check in with
you again later after we have enjoyed our stay at La Manga del Mar Menor.
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La Manga is a real Marmite site - people love it or hate it.
Me, I love it. After arrival I was taken to my pitch which was close to a Camping
and Caravanning Club rally ,and what a lovely friendly bunch they were.
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[Caribbean Music]
It wasn't looking too good to start with as far as kite surfing goes, and I joined
fellow kiters on La Manga's Beach hoping that the wind would eventually kick in.
This chat had a 19 metre kite. 19 METRES! It must have turned slower than a
tortoise on Mogadon! Fortunately the wind did pick up and I managed to get
out on the water myself.
[Caribbean music]
[Chilled Music]
Unfortunately I was slowed down a little bit in La Manga by a migraine, but I
managed to get out and about with Dougal onto the beach, and we also got out and
did some content creation for SsangYong Motors whose Rexton Ultimate we
were enjoying. There will be a full review of this wonderful car on this
channel soon, so stay tuned!
[chilled music]
All too soon it was time to leave La Manga and wave goodbye to the friendly
folk on the Camping and Caravanning Club rally.
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Cheers!
Our destination was Bonterra park in Benicàssim, a superb site only 10
minutes walk from an elegant Promenade.
[sound of waves gently lapping the beach]
Bonterra park turned out to be my favorite site in Spain. Spacious, hardstanding pitches,
a modern clean and HEATED facility block, and lots of
friendly folk on site thanks to a Motor Caravanners Club rally that was setting up.
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So there you have it, I hope you enjoyed that. As you can see, Dougal was, as usual,
completely riveted by that video. If you enjoyed it, please give us a thumbs-up,
subscribe if you don't already, and it just leaves me to say from Dougal and from me...
Thanks for tuning in!
Did you enjoy that video Dougal? Yes? Oh, you moved!
Careful! Yes...?
He never smiles
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