Free parking on open ground below the castle. Joined by three other vans for the night. Sat at the bar in the photo drinking a tall tumbler of white wine we were able to check emails etc on WiFi.

Last here two years ago. Apart from the drinking fountain no longer functioning, nothing's changed. Lots of vans, several of them bearing GB plates. Warm and sunny, lots of tired looking cafés and restaurants and tourist shops festooned with beachwear. Stopped on our way here at Huelva in Spain to fill with diesel at €1.342 ltr (the cheapest elsewhere in Spain is at least €1.38 ltr) and LPG at €0.77 ltr. At today's exchange rate (€1.18 to the £) that w...

We didn't know what we were in for when we arrived back at the van after our lunch. An outdoor disco at the leisure centre was in full swing and continued to 11.00pm, at which time the roof lights finally stopped vibrating to the thump of the bass. We got off fairly early and stocked up at a mysteriously laid out expensive Carrefour with sub-standard fruit and veg. In one hours driving on a major motorway to Seville we were passed by 28 cars and overtook 2 lor...

Arrived 13.30 to find the aire full. Five or so Motorhomes parked in a 'buses only' area. We had a walk around and discovered a rough piece of ground nearby with a couple of vans and a few cars. We parked there and within a couple of hours it was full of vans, including a massively long tag axle French van complete with car on trailer. It was amusing watching him maneuvering backwards and forwards as he tried to get a satellite signal. We had resigned ourselves t...

More mosquito bites last night. I was up in the early hours using our as yet untested, expensive suction pump. It creates a suction over the puncture and the venom - from mosquitos, horseflies, wasps, spiders, nettles etc. is sucked back onto the surface of the skin and can be wiped off. The advertising blurb on the packaging says it is part of French soldiers kit and is used by Mèdicin sans Frontiers. Surprisingly, it seems to have worked. It was bitterly col...