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Pineda de Mar

May 18, 2018Lorraine Stokes3 min read

16/05/18 – 18/05/18 – Pineda de Mar We decided to stay at another campsite at Pineda de Mar called Enmar (17 euros using ACSI discount card) including a free sangria each. It was a bit of a change compared to the last campsite in regards to many mohos tightly parked together, but you still had enough outdoor space to eat and sunbathe. The facilities were good and the people pretty friendly. We noticed that we were the youngest residents by at least 20 years. Some of the residents looked like they were there long term and we got quite a few territorial stares when walking around. Our neighbours were lovely and would often pop round to chat, and say hello to Marley. We took a walk to the only dog friendly beach we had been told about, albeit the sign still said “no dogs”. Although this is the law in Spain, there seems to be some tolerance to dogs on beaches depending on the time of year, how busy the beach is and whether or not it has a blue flag status. It...

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A Load of Tossa

May 16, 2018Dan3 min read

14/05/18 – 16/05/18 Tossa de Mar & Cala Llevado Having spent some time in the city, we were itching to get to the coast so decided to visit the nearest beach Tossa De Mar – Yes we had a laugh at the name too…..or maybe its just us that are immature still… We arrived just after lunchtime, it was an overcast day and we parked on the closest road we could to the beach. The walk there was somewhat depressing, through dated looking hotel developments catering for the off-season long-termers having their afternoon siesta to the scheduled entertainment… The beach had little more to offer, it was largely empty, partly due to the weather and partly due to the time of year I suppose. The castle at the headland looked mildly interesting but not enough to draw us up there (Perhaps because we had just come from Girona). So, 10 minutes later we were heading back to the van to formulate a plan on where to go next. Out came the ACSI app and we found a campsite with...

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Viva España

May 14, 2018Dan3 min read

13/05/18 – 14/05/18 Girona The drive from Carcassonne, France to Girona, Spain varied massively from the scenic to the seedy. Avoiding the toll roads we were taken through lots of small villages with narrow roads not entirely suitable for the Moho however all was made worthwhile when we came to a junction just outside of Ferrals-les-Corbiere where they had closed off the road to heard sheep through the town – Not something I’ve seen before being a townie. Before long we were moving again and it wasn’t long before the road wound up through the midi Pyrenees – lots of switch-back bends and steep inclines but amazing views (The Scenic) – The van seemed to handle it pretty well. (I daren’t look down at the MPG however!) This led us on to the border town of Le Perthus (the Seedy) which felt more like some of the border towns we had visited in South America – A busy main road through the town with sex shops, hemp seeds and night club that...