Daimalos to Aguila

The day has arrived. The pajero pulled the van up the drive with not too much trouble other than clouds of black smoke. We changed cars in Velez where we left the Pajero with the garage, he now has seven weeks to get it right!! The Nissan is very game, but on any decent slope I have to drop to second and it won't go above 50 on any slight slope. Our journey times are going to be long! WE got away from Velez at 11.15 not bad for us! I had hoped to get North of Cartagena for the first night, but traffic through the single lane road from La Herradura to Adria was jammed and it took an hour and a half.

The coast line scenery is quite fantastic.

Then you come to Almeria, which is covered litterally in plastic greenhouses as far as the eye an see and up most of the hillsides. Not a pretty sight. The weather is hot 30 deg, but the wind is fearce. This is the area that had wildfires during the last few days and we were a bit unsure whether we could get through, but felt that if the motorways had been closed it would have been reported on the news. We did see one small fire on the central reservation, A car was there with flashing red & blue lights and two guys having a go at the flames. They must have got there very quickly. I guess someone threw a lighted cigarette stub out of the window. Its a fine and a four point penaty here if your spotted. Finally decided to call it a day at 5.30 and find a site, just in case they were getting full. Nicky found one in the book at Aguila, a good bit short of target, but who's targetting? I followed the SatNav instructions and ended up in a tight unmade campo road. We managed to turn round and found the right road for the site in an Urbanisation. I missed the turning and while looking for somewhere to turn round found another site so here we are.

The plot is a good size, but because we're only here for one night I'm not putting up the full awning.

Sophie huffed and puffed all day. The 'medicine' from the Vet doesn't seem to be working, but we'll give it a few more days.