Author: Franco

After the Deluge

We are back at Heredad de Elias Ferrer, a delightful campsite that Francine discovered last year. It is now run by Octavio Ferrer, his delightful wife Susana and their son, young Octavio. This is a relatively new venture for the

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A Biblical Christmas

It’s all right, folks; in the words of the immortal genius Douglas Adams, “Don’t Panic”. I have not suddenly become religious. For the duration of our 2025 Xmas trip we are, for better or worse, on the delightful little Alcalali

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Back on the Bikes

We are being most un-motorhome-like on this trip since we’ll be rooted in one place for a month. [What our late lamented American friend Keith used to refer to as being potted plants.] We must hope that relaxing doesn’t metamorphose

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Zaragoza to Alcalalí

We’ve driven past Zaragoza many times as we made our way to and from Casa Libélula. This is the first time we have actually stayed there. We were very favourably impressed with the municipal campsite at Zaragoza; it was spacious,

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A Spanish Xmas Revival

This trip is a bit of a reprise. In the halcyon days of owning Casa Libélula, we were used to spending Christmas, along with much of our winter, in Jalón, Spain. However, since trading in Casa for a motorhome we

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The Long Return

Our ferry home was at 14:00 on Sunday 12th September from Santander. Latest check-in is 45 minutes earlier but Mr. Cautious always likes to be two hours early, which gets us to 12:00. Santander is about a 2-hr drive from

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Haro Revisited

We ended our 2024 Spanish trip at Haro. It has a bona fide campsite that was recommended to us by a friend. The campsite is within easy walking distance of the small town where there is also a Mercadona supermarket,

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Burgos

We stayed at the campsite in Burgos at the beginning of our 2024 trip to Spain, which was our first attempt at camping in Spain. Being newbies and with stories of campsites getting rammed over winter, we booked our stay

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Astorga

Frodo is getting adventurous, he’s going off grid. Some areas of northern Spain are not well supplied with bona fide campsites but there are aires where motorhomes are authorized to stay. We had originally thought of going all the way

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Chaves

We’ve moved on from a decent campsite, rather like a CL, with no proper town to speak of to a  touristy town with no proper campsite – the Chaves Guest House. It is like an aire but with facilities. The

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