Leaving Marbella for the mountains

It’s Saturday 27 December and we left the campsite in Marbella this morning.

On Boxing Day, Ash and Mand came over for a final supper and Pete made us a scrummy casserole, which went down well with everyone.  Ash and Mand provided the dessert, Christmas pudding and custard; even in Spain we managed not to miss out on those little British Christmas foibles!  As we were all departing the next day, we managed to not make too late a night of it and were all in bed by midnight....a first all week I think!

This morning after sorting out contact details and finding each other on social media pages, we said our farewells and set off in opposite directions to our next destinations.  It’s been a cracking week and hopefully it won’t be the last we’ve seen of them.

A short drive and lots of bends later, we arrived at Casares and our free overnight stop.  We were lead to believe there was a servicing point, but we’ve yet to actually find it.  Luckily we have enough water and the loo doesn’t need to be emptied just yet...

We took Powell for a wander into town but as always, our timing was impeccable and everything was shut.  Although to be honest, I’m not really sure how many would have been open anyway given the time of year.  There were some lovely views from the top of the town though and the sky was full of vultures.  We tried to get a few pictures, but they were flying pretty high.

We’re now back in Dora with a cup of tea and I’ve just programmed in some more coordinates for possible future stopovers.  I forgot how solitary it can be when you’re staying in aires and car parks with no neighbours around instead of camperstops and campsites...especially when the other half is having an old man’s half hour!