Slow start to the day, only 52 miles to go. Paul found he could not get to the camper service area – a narrow access exacerbated by cars parking alongside their caravans – so I just said I would get someone to move their car. I had to disturb a nice Frenchman who was having his breakfast. No English spoken, just a mixture of my GCSE French and miming. But it worked.
The wind has completely disappeared today 🙄 but we need to head south as there’s heavy rain coming in on Tuesday.
Easy journey to Spain and a good pitch on Camping Mas Nou.
In contrast to the last campsite in France which felt like the Marie Celeste – almost empty – this site is nearly full. Mainly Dutch with a smattering of other nationalities. It’s nice to see people coming and going, saying hello/bonjour/ole as they pass. It’s a spacious site so doesn’t feel cramped. It’s at the edge of the town and there is a Lidl / Aldi and Spanish Supermacado to choose from in terms of supermarkets, I like Supermacado so I went in there for some bread for lunch and came out with a large bag full of food! I’d forgotten how much cheaper it is in Spain, and the fish counter was amazing.
After lunch we cycled down to Empuria Brava, which is known as the Little Venice of Spain as it has one main road down through it and either side there are numerous waterways with properties backing into the water, each having their own mooring. These areas are very pretty, lovely to see the boats coming and going. We came here many years ago, and rented a boat (a TINY electric boat) to pootle around the waterways, good memories.
Down at the sea it was blowing a gale and dogs were not allowed on the beach so we found an ice cream parlour, a seat out of the wind and indulged ourselves. I’ve become a big fan of yoghurt ice cream 😋
Back to the campsite and a sit in the sun and finish my book. We have a corner pitch so Paul loves it, watching all the coming and going, speaking to everyone as they pass by. By 6pm the boules pitches/courts had filled up and people were taking it very seriously.
The showers here are heaven : hot water + lots of water + no button to keep pressing. Perfect.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to be double dot rain so we’re going to try and outrun it by going a couple of hundred miles down the coast. Might as well travel in the rain as sit on a site in the van.
2019 Autumn follow the sun 