Spring in Spain

We have travelled further south to Seville today. There have been wild, white roses, purple lavender, red and orange poppies, yellow broom and buttercups and the pale pink of tamerisk..
The roads have been quiet and we have been able to absorb the scenery. Patchwork fields, terra cotta earth and snow capped peaks.
Now parked up for the night at Camping  Villasom on the outskirts of Seville. We have drunk too much wine..... Dutch influence......but at least there is a tasty dinner cooking in the Remoska for later.
There are palm trees surrounding our van and Sue has strung a washing line between two orange trees. There are marmalade oranges lying all around and they smell delightful on ones hands

Tomorrow we go to Algeciras and book our Moroccan ferry ticket, at the much publicised Carlos office, adjacent to Lidel, unless we decide to stay here longer. Who knows. Who knows?!!

Caceres and sunshine

Not such a long drive today. Salamanca to Caceres and with each kilometre under our wheels, the sky becomes bluer and the temperature rises.
Very cold when we went to bed last night and even colder when we rose this morning at Camping Regio, on the outskirts of Salamanca. It was on with the heater and off to the showers!!
Sue has had her first line of washing on the go, but it only dried this evening in the glorious warmth at our Aire here at Caceres.
We are in the midst of a very multinational camper community, in transit to and from Morocco. All the French are on their way home having over wintered there and the rest of us are grateful for the open spaces that they have left behind.
Tonight Sue is duty chef, and the meal smells great.
As this Aire is in the centre of a local park, there are children playing football, girls doing what girls do, when lads are about, older folk taking an evening promenade and us travellers supping wine, and watching the world go by.. Oh and today is Senior Citizens Day in Spain so there are scores of elderly people walking about wearing vivid blue neckerchiefs, boarding coaches and generally being shepherded from place to place by slightly younger supervisors. We two look positively youthful by comparison. Camper vans on the National Health!!
Today's picture is of our Dutch pals, who travelled from the Netherlands to meet us at Salamanca. They are a couple of wine supping ex hippies so we get on well!!

The Rain in Spain....

Here we are in Salamanca after an easy drive from the port at Gijon.
The ferry crossing was almost mill pond smooth and our cosy little cabin provided us with everything we could possibly need, considering we were on a ferry not a cruise liner.

 Our stop over on a farm just outside Poole.

    Sue catching a few zzzzs in our cabin

Gijon at dusk.We spent our first night in Spain on a free Aire ,with its own beach, outside the port in the company of  all the other Motorhomers with whom we had travelled.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all our friends and fellow travellers. As you can see, the Easter bunny will not be long for this world. First the ears then who knows where the munching will end.
Also enjoying the Spring flowers, because it will be summer when we return.

One more bedtime and off we go!! There isn't a nook or cranny in the van,that hasn't been filled with something useful. Biggest problem for we seniors, is remembering where everything is when we need it.The grass has been mown between rain showers, the windows are locked and light timers are set. Bathroom and kitchen clean and tidy so out for an Indian tonight. 

Thanks to everyone who is following our travels. According to the stats, you can be found residing in five continents ,which is quite humbling, so we will do our best to keep you upto date with our exploits as once again the Tarts go on Tour.