Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Catch up time.

Finally, here we are with a wifi connection!! Life has been quite hectic since we were last in touch. The drive has been long but these Spanish free motorways are amazing, so we have been able to zip along from one stop over to the next with relative ease. There have been storks on their nests high up on electricity pylons, goats at the side of the road  (one almost became kebab meat ) and beautiful horses with foals everywhere. The wild flowers fill the embankments with colour and birds of prey are frequently seen circling overhead.
Last night we reached the coast at Sanlucar and found a great parking spot on the front row, facing the sea. As we set off for a walk, we noticed a van just like Andrew's, who by the way we are meeting on Friday on Lidl car park at Aljeciras, and whom we presumed was still in Portugal. Well talk of the devil, and there he was, the old rogue, beer in hand, waving us into his motorhome. Being a couple of Tarts on Tour, we didn't need asking twice We were simply stunned, that out of all the places to rest our heads, we had all ended up at the same location. Several beers and red faces later, we stumbled back to Delfin.
We waved him off this morning as he was going to see friends in Malaga before we meet up for our departure to foreign shores even further afield.
Unfortunately, we also had leave early as the local community workforce were preparing the area for a May day festival, so we set off to follow the coast towards Rota, having been told of a quiet campsite by the sea. Could we find it ? No! The sat nav took us up and down the same narrow road approaching it from several different directions 5 times. We did a bit of bumpy off- roading, then stopped in a lay by to see over the dunes  what we were missing. It was a magnificent sandy beach, totally deserted and glowing golden, in glorious sunshine. But we were not destined to reach it today, so back to the main road in search of Tarifa, which is where we are tonight.
Time for a well earned break. So as the sun sets on this view from our door, it's adios from me and adios from her.
Buenos Noches Amigos!

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