Hi from spain
Hallo everyone, I thought it about time I posted, as I have been living in my Romahome since April 2010. I've loved exploring England and Wales, the parts thus far unknown to me, especially where I can find pre-historic sites like in Anglesey and Dorset. and later Norfolk.
THen in October the temperature dropped and I realised I needed to go south with the birds. Quite scarey taking the leap to travel on my own on the other side of the road, but having made the decision, am so glad I did!
France was strike-bound at the time, so I took a ferry from Portsmouth straight to Santander, Northern Spain
where the sun was shining! yippee!
I even managed to take a dip in the sea nearby before heading west to explore the Picos de Europa, a lovely set of mountains not far away.
I discovered an handy campsite on my route, as I have for most of my time here. With the help of an extra mirror on my lefthand side, I found the traffic and driving really easy, and have experienced very little difficulties with spanish drivers.
My worst moment so far has been trying to negotiate the ring road in Zaragoza, in order to find (or not) the campsite there. I gave up after some time, and stuck to my previous idea of using small towns and villages, not big cities.
I've also done some volunteering at a small community near Almeria which is completely off the grid (water, electricity) - where I learned to pick olives and helped in the gardens and kitchen; even a little eco-construction using river clay.
I've not always slept in my van, and it has got really cold at times (2 duvets and 2 hot water bottles), but I'm still thrilled to be a Romahome owner, and love her to bits. She's called Flow.
Anyone else travelling in Spain at the moment?
Happy New Year to you all,
Margot
THen in October the temperature dropped and I realised I needed to go south with the birds. Quite scarey taking the leap to travel on my own on the other side of the road, but having made the decision, am so glad I did!
France was strike-bound at the time, so I took a ferry from Portsmouth straight to Santander, Northern Spain
where the sun was shining! yippee!I even managed to take a dip in the sea nearby before heading west to explore the Picos de Europa, a lovely set of mountains not far away.
I discovered an handy campsite on my route, as I have for most of my time here. With the help of an extra mirror on my lefthand side, I found the traffic and driving really easy, and have experienced very little difficulties with spanish drivers.
My worst moment so far has been trying to negotiate the ring road in Zaragoza, in order to find (or not) the campsite there. I gave up after some time, and stuck to my previous idea of using small towns and villages, not big cities.
I've also done some volunteering at a small community near Almeria which is completely off the grid (water, electricity) - where I learned to pick olives and helped in the gardens and kitchen; even a little eco-construction using river clay.
I've not always slept in my van, and it has got really cold at times (2 duvets and 2 hot water bottles), but I'm still thrilled to be a Romahome owner, and love her to bits. She's called Flow.
Anyone else travelling in Spain at the moment?
Happy New Year to you all,
Margot
good for you, I explored the same from Portsmouth to Bilbao by car, then headed south and stoped off in Madrid for two nights, what a beautiful city, the architecture was the best I have ever seen, truly magnificent, and then on to Albacete, Alicante, Murcia, Vera, Garrucha, and then my final destination of Mojacar, close to a 1000k all together, there I stayed for two and a half years, enjoying every minute......... that's where the bug of motorhomes set in, on returning back to the UK within a week I had purchased my first C15 Hightop, enjoyed that for just over a year, then purchased my larger four birth Herald Squire RL, now I plan to do the same trip again next winter.
enjoy, safe driving,
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