Back in Tui. Last here early March 2010. A nice little town - we walked round and visited the cathedral - it has an excellent tapas bar - La Jamoneta. The tapas here are the largest I've seen. With a glass of beer and a glass of wine costing €3.45 we each got a plate with a fried egg and a tomato based sauce plus a large bread roll. I don't really understand that sort of tapas, because if we had another drink we'd have had another plate of the same tapas. An...

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...

10.4.2011 On our own behind a grain store in a shut town. Bitterly cold, strong winds, heavy rain and very occasional brief flashes of sunshine.