(Map to follow - technical issue!)
Standard start so
breakfast, service the van, pay the man and away, still not
particularly early but we don't have very far to go, although there
were a few calls to make. Priority was gas, then shopping and then
try to locate a Thetford dealer, so we programmed a known gas station
into TomTom and set off.
Our list of Thetford
dealers showed one just down the road but we didn't see it. Similarly
a couple of others were on our route but noticeable by their absence
– perhaps we hadn't got the locations quite right. We found a
Carrefour quite quickly to top up the groceries then pushed on,
rejoining the N332 through various towns and villages. The gas
station was easy to find and the attendant did everything for us, as
well as provide directions to a Thetford place, which again we didn't
find but that may have been a misunderstanding, she spoke no Engliush
and our Spanish is, well, poco poco!
Never mind, carried on
now looking for a place to pause for lunch with the weather slowly
deteriorating until it started to rain. We followed a very scenic
route through the coastal mountains but there were few opportunities
to stop, but eventually we slotted into a kerbside space in one of
the towns for a very late lunch. A walk with Jamie led to a bank
which this time gave us some cash before carrying on into heavy rain
as we passed Benidorm.
TomTom took us easily
to Imperium Alicante camping, which is nowhere near Alicante of
course but on the edge of Villajoyosa between Benidorm and Alicante.
A very smart modern site, we were expected at reception and got
booked in okay with a very nice pitch in full sun (it had reappeared)
all day and close to the “facilities” so settled in before going
to find Colin and Tina for a welcome reunion. It turned out that we
had been very lucky to get our reservation as the site was full.
The site has a
restaurant so we decided to have a joint meal there later – we
should have booked but even though it isn't very big they accomodated
us. A good choice on the menu and we all enjoyed our selections which
were surprisingly reasonably priced – it was one of two
fixed-price menus which included three generous courses and a drink;
recommended.
And so ended a most
pleasant day – it's so nice to catch up with old friends.
WE STAYED AT: Imperium
Alicante Camping at Villajoyosa. Almost new medium size site with
adequate size pitches and excellent facilities including washing
machines and a dog shower! Swimming pool, restaurant, very small
shop, free wifi. Reasonable walk into town and public transport.
We paid €18.50 a
night plus metered electric but there are numerous deals depending on
size of pitch and length of stay. Fully booked, we were unable to
extend our visit. There was a Camping and Caravaning Club Rally on
siteat the time of our visit.
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