We left Bonuevo this morning on a grey day, weather wise. We enjoyed our stay there, it's a tidy campsite with everything you could want, clean toilets, hot showers and pitches that get the sun all day. No sun today, however, as we headed off for Aguilas on the recommendation of my niece Anne-Lise. Sorry Anne-Lise but Aguilas didn't really do anything for us. Maybe it's a bit more interesting in the summer but today it was a little drab. We parked up on the headland overlooking the beach while we had coffee and sandwiches and afterwards,with a shrug, set off for Almeria. The drive here is pretty uneventful but we were looking forward to meeting friends we had made here before Christmas and on arrival Malcolm, who pretty much runs the place as receptionist, handy man and friend to everyone told us to find a pitch and said he'd book us in later. When we were here late last year we could pretty much have our pick of the site but now it's packed. We're finding this now in Spain, it's much busier than it was before Christmas. Our previous spot right on the beach was gone but we've managed to find a decent pitch, well two actually, but Malcolm says we can have it for the price of one. He was a bit harassed when we arrived, the hot water wasn't working in the showers and he was trying to repair it, folk we're complaining that the hot water to the washing up sinks wasn't working either and then we tripped the electric supply, oops. Despite this site being a bit "tired" what it lacks in facilities and organisation it makes up for in personality. The people we met previously have all given us a warm welcome. We arrived attempting, again, to stop smoking but relented and went to the bar only to find the cigarette machine was no longer there! We wandered back to our motorhome, complaining bitterly to anyone who would listen. Two minutes later and a guy we met before offered us a pouch of tobacco. We thanked him but declined and then as I went up to sign in Malcolm threw a packet of cigarettes at me. Whatever you may think about smoking and smokers we can't fault the generosity of the people here.
Anyway, things are sorted now, except the showers and tomorrow we'll sort our pitch out. We're thinking of staying here for a few days, maybe a week and it's nice to get things how we want them outside. I've even spotted a tree and a pole that look like ideal hammock supports, wish me luck.
By the way, the folk we are travelling to Morocco with at the end of the month also have a blog. They have travelled across Europe before in their motorhome and arrived in France today on their way to meet us in Spain in a couple of weeks. You can follow Paul and Chris here: http://travelwithpaulandchris.blogspot.co.uk
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