Archive for the ‘Val and Oeds’ Category

  Lagos and camping Trinidade was our next stop,  a cheap site in the town, cant be bad! We used to think the town was expensive and touristy but our minds are changed.There was a large Gypsy market on the Saturday and we managed to find a

Well Portugal has been no drier than Spain this winter. Some sunny days but lots of storm and rain as well. We managed to get out on the bikes some times, and find some geo-caches. We met up with Alan and Carlo and had a trip on

After a 500 mile trip across country, with an overnight stop in Granada, we arrived in Conil. The countryside was very different than the Spain we normally see.  The areas that are usually brown and parched with sheep and goats wandering along were completely flooded. Dry rivers

We soon settled into our 42 days here, we put the big awning up and made ourselves comfortable. The pitches here are much better for chairs and tables etc., The sun shone on us, not as warm as it had been but very pleasant. We took the

It was very windy as we left,not very pleasant driving conditions but as we reached the Pyrenees it was much better, especially on the old road into Spain. It is in a sheltered valley and not over the mountains ,like the motorway. We had decided on a

We spent a very nice 10 days in Holland catching up with Mum and Leo and family.  It was nice to hear they do not have swine flu here, its called Mexican flu instead,We collected our new Spartamet motorised bikes, kindly supplied by Leo, and gave them

We have been very lax in updating the blog this year but we are now back in Spain with time to try and keep things up to date. After another summer working at Warcombe Farm Camp Site we decided it was time for a change and have

While Britain was covered in snow we had a lot of rain and high winds. Our pitch was like a swamp,it was just like Devon in the Summer!. We have been out a few times with some lovely people David and Irene, in their car but otherwise

We arrived at Camping Ria Formosa on 15th February to glorious sunshine and a clean hard standing pitch on a brand new campsite. The weather stayed fine and sunny for the 10 days we stayed there. We visited Tavira and Vila Real de San Antonio on the