We made our way nearer to the coast and the sunshine, trying to find a campsite NEAR to the beach was a little more difficult than expected, this is Portugal so you would expect some but only 2 could we find. The decision was made to head down the coast and carry on if the description of ‘on the beach’ was inaccurate. An easy journey and as we made our way through the little streets of Fuzeta we arrived at the Camping Fuzeta. Woolly says – Georgie would have liked it here, the pitches are all flat and hard, very very hard as Ian found out when putting the tent pegs in. While Ian was hammering away Jo and I checked out the facilities, basic and pretty clean but not many of them for the number ... read more

We woke early, really really early ….. Woolly says – dawn was breaking more like, Ian told us it was half seven so with the kettle boiling we all went about our morning wake up rituals, checking Jo’s phone I found that it was actually 6.30am!!!! What a time to wake me up!! For some reason Ian’s roaming time was still on Spanish time but in our cross over into Portugal we had gained an hour and were now on BST again. Not to be downhearted, it was a lovely morning and the sun was coming up along with the temperature, 15 degrees by the time we were packed and ready to go. Woolly says – I was down hearted! But putting my grumps away I sat eagerly looking around me as we headed down the ... read more

This morning dawned with a steady drizzle and cars passing us covered in snow! We followed the smell of breakfast and tucked into pretty much everything on offer. Woolly says – I really enjoyed my sausage, bacon, egg, croissants, fresh pineapple and melon, not to mention toast, should keep me going for a bit. As we couldn’t delay the outdoors any longer if we wanted to see anything we wrapped up, well Jo and Ian did (it might have been better if I had worn my scarf as it was pretty chilly round the tusks). With at least seventy places to see in Segovia according to our street map we picked a route that would allow us to go onto some and pass by others for photos. With Chinese, Japanese, Americans and pretty much every other ... read more

We woke early on Wednesday to find it was raining cats and dogs, the tent was seriously wet, having hummed and harred over a cupper we went for the stay in place option for the day. With Ian’s highly accurate weather app telling us that the rain would stop at 8pm (it actually stopped at 8.02pm!) we decided on a catch up on laundry and find a supermarket day. Woolly say – I had a look outside the tent but couldn’t see any cats and dogs so I’m not sure what they are on about, there was an awful lot of rain though. Once showered we set off to find a supermarket, driving round the town of Zarautz was different, with stray people walking in front of Oliver and no sign of anything that looked like ... read more

An early start, always helps if you read your watch correctly! Ian had pretty much packed everything by the time I had showered and sorted the mammoth out. With 258KM of road between us and our nights stop, we set off through kilometre after kilometre of Vin Yards, they seemed to go on forever. Through forests and finally through windy roads we could see the Pyrenees in the distance. Woolly says – My first really big mountains, I’ve seen Snowden and a few others but these provide the border between France and Spain, they looked incredible, no snow in sight but I’m sure we’ll get to that. Pitching up at Camping Arrouche in the foothills of the Pyrenees and within a kilometre of Lourdes, we had a stunning setting for the night. The lady in the ... read more