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Our drive further east in southern France saw us weave up a tight mountain path into the Parc naturel régional de saint baume with a dramatic cliff face to our south. Nestled high in the cliff was a small grotte with religious buildings around that could be seen towering ...

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First off, this is actually almost two weeks' worth to follow. We've spent some time with family for a few days and then I've been having a bit of a mental health struggle when trying to write just the first week. So apologies and hopefully I have trimmed ...

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Driving further along the Douro on our last day in Portugal, we headed for the small town of Bemposta. Here, parking behind the sports centre, we set off on a 5 mile hike down to a nearby three tiered waterfall and back as the heavens opened on us yet again. ...

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Leaving Lisbon and crossing the 25th April Bridge we hit the toll roads for the first time this year. We were headed up toward a beach spot just south of Nazaré. On the way, we stopped at the surf town of Peniche for the afternoon to try and regroup a ...

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We started our morning by making a plan for the rest of our time in Iberia, we then finally set off south toward Faro for a quick food resupply. The first thing that hit us was the sheer variety of produce at the supermarkets here. Far beyond what we had ...

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So, I left off last time that we were sat in an Aire in Seville in 25° and plotting our next move. The Aire was nothing special, just a car park in a vehicle logistics site near the port. But it was very secure, walking distance to the city centre ...

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Heading into Ronda, the sun was shining lulling us into a false sense of security for the day ahead. After a brief fiasco trying to dump the grey tank we then had the fun task of trying to find somewhere suitable to park in this not very camper friendly town. ...

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Waking up Sunday morning on the Coast north of Almerias, we finally had some spectacular weather, and it looked like it was the last for a long time. Well, to be honest, the weather forecast cannot figure out what is going to happen at the moment, it'll say blazing ...

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Saying a fond farewell to Valencia, we headed further down the Costa Blanca and took a few nights at various idyllic park-ups right on the beach and secluded from most of civilisation. One of these was between two the notorious resort towns of Alicante and Benidorm. Thankfully this park-...

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We woke up to glorious sunshine at our campsite and headed down to the bus stop near the entrance. On the drive in we realised that I didn't really know much about Barcelona other than Sagrada Familia for which we had booked tickets a few days prior. Ellen recommended ...