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Sometimes things don’t always go to plan and we have always known that we may have to cut trips short if needed at home. As my dad was taken poorly and my mum needed our support, we changed our crossing, for the earliest we could, and headed for Bilbao. It was our first time onContinue reading “Heading home”

With the weather not being good for a few days we decided to head for Spain. Through our lovely motorhome community we were recommended a site in Isla Christina. As we are out of season in most of the places we visit, which are in the non touristy areas, our expectations are set accordingly. PoolsContinue reading “Isla Christina 🇪🇸”

Cascais had been recommended to us by some friends who had recently been, so we headed there next. The weather wasn’t great on arrival but we took a walk out to the Guincho beach which is famous for the Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, being filmed there. The ocean was wild with hugeContinue reading “Cascais and Sintra 🇵🇹”

After visiting Lisbon during our first tour felt we had to visit the second largest city in Portugal on this one. Sites are few and far between in this area, so we only really had a couple of options – both of which didn’t have great reviews, so we picked the one with easiest accessContinue reading “Porto 🇵🇹”

Lamego ‘is a delightful town set amidst the vineyard-covered hills of the Alto Douro region’, and from Pinhao the route was along part of the N222 which has been voted one of the best drives in the world. During our short time along it, it definitely lived up to its reputation. The campsite at LamegoContinue reading “Last day in the Douro 🇵🇹”

We said goodbye to Anna the next morning and headed to our next stop, Pinhao. It was only a 20 minute drive away but as it was to a coveted spot on the river, we had to get there early, and again the scenery on route was stunning. ‘Pinhão is one of the most well-knownContinue reading “Douro valley – day two 🇵🇹”

We had heard so much about the beauty of this area, we felt we had to visit, so headed for our first stop in the valley at Sabrosa. The route was interesting at times, through dense fog and across very high viaducts! Not a favourite with Ian. The drive into the valley was steep andContinue reading “Day one in the Douro Valley”

We had met a few people on our last Spanish tour who were on the Camino de Santiago, and were intrigued by it, so decided we had to visit on this trip. ‘The Camino de Santiago or, The way of St James, is a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia. ItContinue reading “Santiago de Compestela 🇪🇸”

We moved further along the northern coast to Ribadeo which borders Asturias and Galicia. There are a lack of campsites in this part of Spain with full facilities, lots of place to park but not many with electricity which is what we needed after a few days ‘off grid’ in Bettine. Our campsite was inContinue reading “Ribadeo”

Northern Spain, past Bilbao, was an area we hadn’t visited in Bettine, so we were looking forward to heading to Asturias to meet up with Ian’s parents for a couple of days. We stayed in a municipal site in Nava and our first excursion was to Tazones, a beautiful little fishing village on the coast.Continue reading “Exploring Asturias”