Round and Round

17th

Saddlebag 16C
Clear blue skies

It is difficult to keep a track of time and days here and when we sat down last night to plan in the route to Faro we realised that we now won't be able to fit in all that we wanted to do. And so it is. Despite having no pressures we seem to be working to a timetable as usual.

The night was really cold but rain has cleared and another warm day develops. We plan in another coastal site which is 'adjacent to a long beach', and use the directions in the Caravan Club directory to guide us. The directions haven't taken into account the new roads that seem to pop up all around this area and soon we are travelling in the wrong direction having driven down the same road twice and done a U- ey on a major road. All quite calm though and finally we turn to Jane Tom Tom who knows less about these roads than the caravan club. We have now wasted literally hours looking for this blessed place, even using the map on my IPad to try and get there. Finally, I find their own website and there is a line drawing showing ' Camping Playa Aquadulce' next to the town off Costa Ballena. WHY NOT PUT THIS INTHE ADDRESS THEN.? So off we go to Costa Ballerina. The site is on the south side of this town, but no, just a car park. Ahhh. Nearly giving up. Tom Tom has all sorts of other info already loaded into it. The site is not found on anything I have loaded but just maybe it is already there under the 'point of interest - caravan sites near by'. YES!

We follow the directions to a really rubbly lane and I look at JC who is very laid back and philosophical. He puts Gybo on his lap and Kicker is by his side and off we bimble at 5mph for a couple of miles until we reach the site. Pretty closed up and not worth the hours of searching, but it is adjacent to the beach which is a lovely long rugged stretch of white sand. The waves hurled themselves onto the rocks nearby. The noise was really loud and we went to sleep with the sound of the sea in our ears.



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Location:Near Rota