Explore europe in a campervan

Monday night was spent at a campsite in Mojacar. We tried to find a campsite near the beach but the only one that was suitable wanted us to stay two nights minimum. One night was all we needed, just to empty the toilet, fill up with water, wash our bedding and tidy the back of the van. So we chose a campsite just out of town called El Quinto. It was reasonably priced with everything we needed.

The back of the van was a right mess after we had to dig out the spare wheel from the back of the garage when we had that puncture. Also the (now repaired) wheel was left in the back loose and had bashed into our cupboard and unfixed it from the floor. So it took a good hour to get that all sorted.

Once that was complete we popped into Mojacar to get some supplies. We read on http://www.richardfrancis.com/ that there was an English shop so we headed there to check it out. Everything in ‘Mr UK’ was basically double the marked English price but in euros. Even though Lucy has been craving salad cream for weeks, it just wasn’t worth 3.50 euros. We did however get some squash, an English birthday card and a learn Spanish CD + book. Stuff you just can’t get over here. Mojacar is full of English, we’ve never seen so many English registered van conversions and cars.

After mid day we left Mojacar and headed west. The first leg of our journey took us through a national park, the road was very windy and the views excellent. The area is said to be the only desert in Europe and the hottest part of mainland Spain. I’m not sure what exactly constitutes a desert but it wasn’t anything like the deserts I’ve seen on TV. Once we left this area it was greenhouses as far as the eye could see. We didn’t know what was growing as everything was covered. There were no signs around to give us a clue and unlike when we’ve seen this in France, we saw no sign of them selling direct to the public. We guessed they must be growing tomatoes or strawberries; it just all seems so secretive!

Now we’re in Torrox, which is about 30k east of Malaga. We are parked by a pebbled beach, trying to get out of the wind! It really is howling today. We plan to wild camp here tonight and then if the wind eases off tomorrow, Lucy wants to comb the beach for sparkly pebbles. In this area of Spain some of the rocks seem to have a sparkly quality to them. Lucy wants to collect some pebbles we have seen that look like quartz with tiny silver flecks.

Tomorrow we will continue west along the coast, maybe to Malaga and meet up with our friend Mike who we haven’t seen since he was in the Alps in March or maybe continue further west toward Marbella.

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