The original plan was to go west into the centre of Spain around this point and make our way through some of the wilder country. We are realising that with all the delays and change of plans that this is not going to be possible. Also, there are few sites open in the heart of Spain and this would mean we would have very long drives between them. Not something we or the dogs would cherish. So that will have to be done another time and we need to push on south now as quickly as possible to get to our holiday cottage by the 17th. Crazy really, we now have one week to do a thousand miles, so I suspect we will not be arriving there on time.
Meanwhile we wanted to at least see LeFranc and drove the couple of kilometres from Pals there via Calella de Palamos.
As usual we bravely take the Wishstream down the narrow main road into lefranc's tiny harbour frontage and nearly get stuck. A kind Spaniard showed us a place where 3 other campers had moored up and they explained they often use this place to stay over unofficially. Beautiful little fishing village with waterside restaurants. Next door, Callela de Palamos also looked very attractive.
We head for Sitges, just south of Barcelona. Jane Tom Tom took us right into the outskirts and then directed us down a slipway into a tunnel. This and the many tunnels ahead formed our route under Barcelona. They must have spent a fortune on this road, maybe for the Olympics, but it is amazing. Miles of great dual and triple tarmac roads all under the great city and the journey completed from one side to the other in less than 15 minutes.
I was last in Sitges circa 1980 having won a place on the International Advertising Association conference. It was held in Barcelona and on one of the free days a group of us took the train there. The waterfront area is just as I remember it. A long grassy promenade with palm trees and on the other side of the road, a never ending row of very sophisticated restaurants.
As usual, we can't actually stay in the town so have to go to a
site which is a couple of miles out. El Garuffer camp site. A barn of a place heaving with weekenders visiting their enormous permanent setups. We saw families of 20 eating together and because there was a Barcelona footie match on, there were several large flat screens espied between the flapping canvases. Again a clean site and very popular, but we are beginning to think we are better off in an Aire if we can find one, as we are mostly self sufficient and don't really need expensive facilities.,
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Location:Calle de Joan Miró,Deltebre,Spain
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