Kiko Camping

Saturday 2nd December 2017

On Wednesday evening we decided that we would not spend the planned 10 nights at Kiko Camping.

Although the beach and facilities are good, we felt a little hemmed in on our pitch and the need to watch electricity consumption was annoying.

The main reason for our decision to move however was that all the on-site roads were being block paved, which made it feel like a building site with associated noise and dust.

We looked in the Camping Card book and noticed a couple of sites a few kilometres south and decided to cycle over and take a look on Thursday.

The second site, Ole Camping, seemed to suit our needs, was €6.50 a night cheaper and included electricity. The beach was of the same standard too. We booked six nights and cycled back to camp.

Yesterday, Friday,  we prepared the caravan for the move and slowly started to tow out of the site only to be delayed by a 40 tonne load of gravel being dumped in the only road out!

To be fair the way was made passable for us as quickly as they could but confirmed to me that our decision to move was a right one.

Towing Kilometres – Today: 8 Cumulative: 5,222

The short tow over here went without incident and Kim chose a pitch that gets the sun all day. The beach & restaurant are a short walk away. The shower & toilet facilities are clean and tidy, so should mean we remain here until heading north on Thursday. We have Eurotunnel booked for Thursday the 15th.

Today was extremely windy! Kim took a short video on the beach of the larger than usual Mediterranean waves and the blowing sand and tumble weeds. At one point the phone was almost blown out of her hands!

We even witnessed Neptune’s balls rolling down the beach 🙂

South To Find Sand

Monday 27th November 2017

Last evening we had accepted a kind invitation over to New Forest residents Phil & Jenny’s van to share a bottle, eh-em, and a good chat session went on for some time. Thank you both. This morning we packed up and readied the van for our next leg of the trip. We said our goodbyes to  P & J and also to Tomás before carefully making our way out of the sites gate to get on our way.

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Castellón de la Plana

Thursday 23rd November 2017

Despite several attempts to locate a sandy beach close by on Google, I had failed. Even my search ‘sandy beach’ turned out to be ‘stony beach’!!

I wasn’t going to be defeated. One more last attempt to locate a beach before my sister headed back home.

Success! I had finally located 3 beaches close to Castellón de la Plana and Benicàssim.

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València – L’Oceanogràphic

Tuesday 21st November 2017

My sister flew into València yesterday and after collecting her from the airport we spent the rest of the day catching up, enjoying a few beers in one of the bars near the beach before dinner and bed. Tomorrow we were off to València for the day.

Ray had sought Tomás’ help regarding where to catch the train to València. He recommended we didn’t park the car at Moncofar station, as he didn’t consider it safe enough. His suggestion was to drive to the town of Nules, a mere 3 kms away. We would be able to park on the streets around the station. Continue reading València – L’Oceanogràphic