1st February, Roquetas, just.

Last day at Marjal and it was bike ride, 15 miles and ended up in the evening at the local “Brit” bar having fish and chips with me having steak and chips, both with mushy (pumpy) peas.

Oh I did not mention the Saturday Food Festival at Guardamar, well it was OK really. Consisted of a large stall with food from most of the European countries although they did not seem to be any food at the English bit. The Scottish part of it provided haggis and whisky and the Haggis was really tasty and the Spanish tapas was also very nice, anyway it was better than I expected. There was also two Moroccan belly dancers and although it was nor exactly freezing, it was rather cold and they had practically nothing on, still quite a good night.

(Tricia in chucky egg mode, most Sunday Mornings.)

So this morning got up early and did the SSS thing (shit, shower and shave) before getting everything prepared for the off. Went to pay the bill and they had charged us for today as well, because they said that it was monthly and this was a new month, it came to €591 inc. electricity. We did get €20 back for our Gym and swimming pool passes which of course we never used.

So finally gets hitched up with the help of the usual crowd that gather when ever there is any movement on or off the site. Trouble is you then tend to rush things and we managed to drive off without connecting any of our electric cables or blowing up the Navara's rear tyres to the correct pressure. This was put right as soon as we left the site so all was OK for the drive. Now I haven't driven the hooked up rig for 3 months and the usual nerves were definitely there but the 200 mile trip was uneventful. Stopped once for SWMBO to have a “little” lunch, she nearly ate half the bloody place. “Er..dos them, dos them, una that, dos them etc.” The green beans, ham and onions in olive oil with bread was her favourite. It was not without a little shaderfrieder (spelling wrong I know) on my behalf when, not long along the road, “I need the loo!”

When we arrived at Roquetas my best friend Mr Garmin GPS let me down, it took us to about half a mile from the camp site then tried to send us down a narrow lane with a bend in it we could not possibly get round. Just before that we had stopped and some very foreign guys in a car asked if we were looking for the camp site and told us to follow them, we decided not to because it looked like they were driving into some kind of wilderness.  On checking the co-ordinates I had put in from the ACSI book, they were actually incorrect!  The ones in the book I mean because that is exactly where the GPS took us to, remenber to double check on Google Earth next time. It turned out that it would have got us there but sometimes you just trust nobody these days. However an English couple turned up in a small Citroen who were actually staying at the site so we just followed them.

The site is a bit tired and does not come up the either Marjal or Bonterra Park and does not have the same amenities of either. We checked in leaving the MS outside and as we were looking for a suitable site a guys asked us if we were looking for Geoff. Well, in some ways we were because Geoff is a guy off the MotorhomeFun site and had sent me an e-mail about the place as he was already staying there.

So we found Geoff and his wife Hilary and he showed us around, pointing out various suitable sites, including the one we are on now and it's a nice double site which gets the Sun all day, cushty.


My view out of my bedroom window>>>>>>

Getting on however, was as usual, not easy, until a Dutch guy (ex HGV driver) decided to direct the manoeuvrings, and he did a great job, with the usual throng in attendance and we were on. As we pay for electricity we are now fully electric and literally just cooking on gas, back to the electric fire and not the noisy gas furnace heater.

Went out in the car and found the local Mercadona and stocked up, so just finished dinner and we have to decide what to watch. It looks like a consensus that the third and fourth series of Prison Break will not get a viewing, it's just getting tedious. So it looks like the Sapranos will get an airing. Tomorrow it's “putting down the green” to stop bringing the gravel into the MS, fixing the noisy water pump, attaching the BBQ and then basically bugger all.

Tuesday 2nd February.

Green down and then off to a cycle ride to Roquetas, 9 mile round trip, nice promenade. On the way back came across a herd of sheep, SWMBO reckoned they were sheep, took a picture anyway.

On return spent ages looking for the local, not quite actually local, Lidl to bring our water drinking stocks up.

 

The Shep/Goat herd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joke/sayings

 

Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either, just f--- off and leave me alone

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tyre.
The darkest hours come just before the dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbour's milk and newspaper, that's the time to do it.
Sex is like air. It only becomes really important when you aren't getting any.
Don't aspire to become irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
Remember, no one is listening until you fart.
Never forget that you are unique, like everyone else.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
If you think nobody cares whether you're dead or alive, try missing a couple of mortgage payments
Before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you judge them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Have you ever lent someone £20 and never seen that person again? It was probably worth it.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Some days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen.
Don't worry; it only seems kinky the first time.
Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment.
The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
There are two theories about how to win an argument with a woman. Neither one works.
Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
When we are born we are naked, wet, hungry, and we get smacked on our arse. From
there on in, life gets worse