Day eleven… Managed to have around 40 seconds of warm shower water  – absolute luxury and I decided that ignoring the many insects around me was a small sacrifice to make.  After finding a larger shop in Meknes for supplies to last us several days, we decided a longer drive time today of around 5 to...Read More

Day ten… Had a friendly chat with our campsite neighbour this morning, Thomas from Austria and his 4 month old street dog named ‘Garlic’.  Thomas had picked up Garlic travelling around Morocco and they had become firm friends.  The paperwork and vaccinations had been arranged and Garlic was about to start a new and better...Read More

Day eight… Up early to catch a ferry. So lovely staying with G&A for a couple of nights. Spanish boarder staff were probably bored and wanted a peek inside Greta. Managed to delay the whole queue of traffic trying to leave Gibraltar. Short drive to the the ferry port at Algeciras. Slightly confusing signage at...Read More

Day six… I decided not to shower as the campsite only had one WC combined with a shower and someone was hammering on the door within 2 minutes. The 2 hour drive to Gibraltar was very easy through a national park – stunning views and mountains. Graham was waiting for us at the airport to...Read More

Day five… Thursday 6th April Our order of chocolate pastries was ready to collect from the shower block at 8.30am. Packed up the car and on the road by 9.30am. Joop and Elen? are following us on Instagram. Picked up supplies diesel and followed the A66 south to Seville. 2hrs 30mins. Decided to park in...Read More

Day three… Slept well – yay! up early and about on deck before many passengers. sat drinking coffee watching us come into Bilbao harbour. 2nd car off the ferry. as the doors opened greeted to around 20 boarder staff standing there looking fierce. fully expected a raid – they were probably after a vehicle full...Read More

Day one… left West Malling at 5pm. Excited nervous and exhausted! House all sorted for tenants and so many boxes taken to robs basement and the loft/shed at mum and dad’s. Very embarrassing how much I have and totally accept that I am a hoarder. Saying goodbye to mum and dad was ok we were...Read More