Well much to our
surprise it rained overnight and showers continued through most of
Friday, but as we weren't planning to do much anyway apart from a bit
of cleaning and maybe some laundry it didn't bother us too much.
Staying in just meant getting the hobbies out.
It's a very nice
campsite with all facilities including electric in the price and is
quite full, just the odd space which fills up at the end of the day.
It's a short walk to a beautiful sandy beach, which has “No Dogs”
signs but they don't seem to be universally obeyed. The modern town
centre is along a smart promenade which leads to the old town and the
castle of Papa Luna, an historic Pope. There's a modern fishing port
too.
The campsite population
is predominantly German, though there are a few of most other western
European nations – but hardly any French, probably because it's too
expensive for them! Maybe half a dozen Brits and we've met and spoken
to a few during our time here. AS ever, quite a few dogs, whom Jamie
has been “warning off”, but with a large open area just outside
the gates dog walking is not an inconvenience.......
Saturday was much
better, in fact from thereon we didn't see a cloud in the sky, so
Bren got in early to get a couple of loads of washing done while
Terry got the tanks etc. sorted. Later we took Jamie for a long walk
into the town which, as expected, was pretty well deserted with only
the odd restaurant open. We had wanted to visit the pharmacy to top
up the medications Bren has been getting through but that was closed
as well – however the cash dispenser worked! We've visited the old
town before so didn't venture that way this time but instead returned
to the van and deployed the deck chairs for an hour or so.
Sunday was a little
warmer once the sun was up so we had a little lie-in followed of
course by our usual Full English, which turned out to be more brunch
rather than breakfast, but who cares! With all the washing dry and
put away it was back to the deckchairs to do what we came here to do
– get some rays! However in reality it wasn't really all that warm,
maybe 12 deg, and out of the sun a warm top was needed.
I'm writing this on
Sunday evening and we've decided to move on tomorrow, mainly because
the weather forecast indicates it'll be a few degrees warmer further
south – we'd only booked four nights anyway but it would have been
no problem to stay longer if we'd so wished.
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