Just a quick one today, as its been pouring with rain and we’ve mostly been driving.
The highlight was trying out a new running waist spring lead with Ernest. After half a mile of being attached to a bouncing tiger, and being sporadically janked into trees and lampposts he seemed to get the hang of it and remained broadly straight and far enough in front not to be a tripping hazard. The fact that it began to pour down also meant he bolted for home, pulling me along as he hates the rain 🤣🐾
We are basically driving along the Spanish coast towards Valencia. We skipped Barcelona as we’ve been before and its known in the camper circles as bandit country due to high robbery rates and break ins. You will notice many of the camp spots reporting crimes and nasty tricks that encourage you to pull over before robbing you. Not the best side to spain.
It’s our first winter here and this evening we are camped in Oropesa del Mar with views of the stormy sea. What’s most striking is that similarly to last night there are masses of empty holiday lets and campsites. From our van we can see 6 tower blocks of flats and only two lights on. There are literally hundreds of empty properties. Ofcourse the reverse will be true in the summer, but at the moment it’s a ghost town.
And so another day largely in the van, more boggle, more Duolingo spanish lessons, more reading and podcasts. If you have any recommendations please let me know, I’m addicted to Audible lol
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