We had an OK night’s sleep despite the flies – citronella candle for Christmas please. We packed up and got the van ready for the off. I then started to research where to go and stock up with wine as we have a whole van to possibly fill. Disaster, It’s

For a final day, we planned to explore another part of Santander. This mainly consisted of a walk along the three beaches of El Sardinero, a look at the Magdalena peninsula and a nice late typically Spanish lunch! The walk from the campsite to the beaches was great as there

After a dodgy night’s sleep, we packed up the van ready for our next adventure. The rain in the night had brought the mozzies out and our new neighbours in the campsite, four 20 something ladies, had been up chatting loudly until 1 pm. This is very much against campsite

There was a lot of rain overnight, that made for a poor nights sleep. We left the blind off the front window so that we could get a good view of the town across the estuary. Having spent several days now just relaxing, we decided that it was time for

We woke to the sound of rain – quite heavy rain!! As a result, we abandoned the idea of a final morning swim and decided to head straight for Llanes where we planned to look around before heading to our next stop of San Vicente de la Barquera. The next

The weather was looking good today, so we thought we would have another day of pure relaxation. We went for a swim from the beach, as you can see it is right next to our pitch, just down a short path nicely curated by the campsite. We we were one

So we got up with a mission, to attend the market in Potes. It seems to have a certain level of fame and had been mentioned by a few people, so we decided to support the local community and go to it, aiming to buy all of our food there

So we got up in a leisurely fashion and had bread toasted with jam and peanut butter for breakfast. We then went and tried out the newly filled swimming pool. We donned our trendy swimming hats and took the plunge. We had the pool entirely to ourselves, and it was

After our “moderate” 16km walk we had a day off. Sue got her laundry fix and I rested my aching knee. We could have gone for a swim in the newly opened pool but even that was too much effort. However,  we did buy swimming hats ready for tomorrow! We

We finished off the cake from La Guardia for breakfast and then headed off early for our cable car ride. There were already loads of people there when we got there at 9:30. We were glad to have booked in advance because we got to go to the front of

We set off at about 9 o’clock amid pale grey skies. Fortunately the sky had cleared by about 11, so we got to see the best of the scenery against a blue sky backdrop. We came back to Aguilar del Campoo where we had taken a detour on the first

We got up at 6 in the hope of catching a beautiful sunrise over the mountains. There was a lot of mist, but it cleared enough for us to get some photos. We then had a bowl of cereal! 😃 Dave here, please excuse the excess of photos but it

Before we headed to La Guardia, we went on a fairly long walk to a computer store in Logroño, so that Dave could try to buy the relevant cable to enable him to transfer his photos from his camera into his blog. We walked quite a long way and then

We headed off early for the 45 minute drive to the next campsite Camping de La Playa in Logroño. (So called because the owners are from San Sebastián, where there’s a lovely beach!!) this campsite was in a great location as it was just a 10 minute stroll into the

So today we headed off early in order to do the two monastery tour which we had enquired about yesterday. We walked into San Millán and headed off in the minibus up to the Monasterio del Suso with a small group of primarily French tourists for a Spanish tour. The

We left our campsite, but not before having a magnificent demonstration of the very high-tech toilet cleaning machine!! Unfortunately, our toilet was not a standard size so we were unable to benefit from it, much to my disappointment! The campsite owner explained how careful they had to be about the

We left our spot by the river fairly early after a reasonable night’s sleep – apart from the times we were kept awake by barking dogs!! Our plan was to go to Burgos, which was about a half an hour drive away. Despite having lived just off the Burgos Road

We headed on to our next stop at Covarrubias to what sounded from the reviews like a fairly dodgy campsite. There were some gorgeous countryside views on the way. When we arrived, we discovered it was so dodgy that it had shut!(1) We retraced our steps to a place that

We headed off fairly early and looked for a place to stop off en-route for a Spanish breakfast. Simancas fitted the bill nicely, with another beautiful castle and easy parking hear the main road!! We strolled down to the Plaza Mayor and had freshly cooked tortilla and coffee before wandering

We had a slow start to the day and took advantage of the sun to do some laundry and to chill in the campsite planning the next few days of the trip. The campsite had a great laundry room and rows of communal washing lines – that always keeps me

After a leisurely start at the camp site, we headed for Zamora as, even though we’d realised most attractions would be shut on a Monday, the guide book described it as a ‘living museum of Romanesque architecture’, so we thought it sounded like a great place to explore even if

We had a slow start to the day and then headed off, past the poppies to visit Tordesillas. We wandered over the medieval bridge into the town. We were too late for the 11 ‘o’ clock guided tour of the Royal Monastery, which was fully booked, so started with a

We got up at 5.30 for a 7a.m. arrival and were very pleased to see slightly unexpected blue skies. After a bit of a wait for disembarkation we drive off on into Spain. We stopped nearby at a roadside café for a Spanish breakfast, which was still-warm tortilla for Dave

After the debacle of our previous ferry boarding last year we arrived more than 2 hours before the ferry sailed. We got straight through, no hassle and settled in for a bit of a wait until we could board. While chilling I spotted a bloke by another van, could it