Lenny's 1st Trip South 2018 (1 Viewer)

[Lenny HB]

ACSI paid for its self then after a few nights...

1st time it's managed to for us.

Benicassim was closed all day when I was there last month ...im guessing it's still out of season ...its only been the last week or so I've seen more things open and that's further south.
A few locals told me it was still too cold this year normally warmer ...

We are in shorts and t shirts locals in thick winter coats.

 

[Lenny HB]

I do real freeloading ...not that pretend in beni stuff lol

Breaking my heart & wallet paying €19/night only came here to see some friends at least they plied usll with alcohol all evening.

 

[Gorse Hill]

Breaking my heart & wallet paying €19/night only came here to see some friends at least they plied usll with alcohol all evening.

Bet your friends are made up they booked you on and you liked there choice of site

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[Northernraider]

1st time it's managed to for us.

We are in shorts and t shirts locals in thick winter coats.

Yeah that's still happening in murcia ...27° the other day and there were folk in coats hats and scarves lol
And there's me in shorts a vest top and flip flops

 

[Lenny HB]

What's the weather like down there Tam people keep telling me forcast is still bad best to stay here, don't like the second option.

 

[Lenny HB]

Bet your friends are made up they booked you on and you liked there choice of site

Nope they didn't know when we were arriving and site only ½-⅔ full, getting on to most pitches here not for the faint hearted quite nerve wrecking in anything over 6m long & 2.5m high. All the easy access big pitches taken by the cheapskate long termers.

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[Busman]

No such problems here in Valencia.
Party time

 

[Northernraider]

What's the weather like down there Tam people keep telling me forcast is still bad best to stay here, don't like the second option.

There was some rain last night for an hour or two but otherwise it's been really good, the 3 days previous to yesterday was mid 20° and sunny , today it's dry but windy but I'm still in shorts and t shirt.

But I'm Scottish we are tougher than you southern softies

 

[Lenny HB]

We're moving on today but it's a bank holiday so thought we would wait until tomorrow when all the Spanish have gone back to work.
Cycled to next town yesterday we were sitting on the prom and a couple walked by yep a couple we know from home.

Fed up with this cold weather hasn't got above 18 since we have been here.

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[peterc10]

So where are you now Lenny

 

[Lenny HB]

Still at Benicassim, as it was a bank holiday today decided to leave moving until tomorrow also had a session with friends last night. Not sure where, couple of villages inland may visit.
Fed up with this freezing cold weather.

 

[Busman]

Fed up with this freezing cold weather.

Not much better further up, just had rain for about 2 hrs, stopped now so back to last day here partying. Not going into Valencia as to mobbed heading into Betera for last night

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[Floydster]

We're at Totana and it's been hissing down for the last hour.

 

[Lenny HB]

Just had a shower Saturday it rained for a few hours. Inside with heating on, two years ago we were sitting outside in shorts at 8pm.

 

[Floydster]

It's our first venture down south for better weather and can't say we think it's worth it so far! It's ok but not worth the cost and hassle to be honest.

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[Teuchter]

Weather not great at the moment in Mazarron - chilly & windy yesterday when we arrived - did get better as the day wore on though - today has been sunny & warm up to about 4.pm then cloudy and raining

 

[Lenny HB]

Escaped from the jail cell oh boy that was hard work & I thought getting on the pitch was hard, nasty grounding sound from underneath, can't see any damage.

Moved down the road to south of Valencia on the way stopped of at Sagunto to walk up to the castle.

 

[Lenny HB]

You know how nice a river looks in full flow.

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[Lenny HB]

Now on a wild spot by the beach at Cullera not my idea of wilding, hundred odd vans here.
Met up with @peterc10, also @BUSMAN 1 & @PhilandMena are here but they had already dissapeared down the pub, we still had to cook dinner.
And to Finish of the evening I knocked over my G&T.

 

[Lenny HB]

Not quite my idea of wilding must be over a 100 vans here but there are some freliendly Funsters.

 

[Northernraider]

I stayed there too but I had a lovely spot by the river away from the pack

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[Robert Clark]

Looks a nice spot Lenny

 

[Lenny HB]

One here for the self build fans.

 

[Lenny HB]

Looks a nice spot Lenny

Not really a big area of waste land we think it may be a festival site, a couple of hundred vans here.
Loads of room & right next to a lovely beach also next to the town and the town's got a bit of life. Looks like the Motorhomes keep the town going this time of year.

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[Robert Clark]

Not really a big area of waste land we think it may be a festival site, a couple of hundred vans here.
Loads of room & right next to a lovely beach also next to the town and the town's got a bit of life. Looks like the Motorhomes keep the town going this time of year.

Wouldn’t suit me
I don’t like crowds

Just me and Mrs C is enough for us to have a great time

 

[sallylillian]

Wouldn’t suit me
I don’t like crowds

Just me and Mrs C is enough for us to have a great time

Aw shucks

 

[Northernraider]

Not really a big area of waste land we think it may be a festival site, a couple of hundred vans here.
Loads of room & right next to a lovely beach also next to the town and the town's got a bit of life. Looks like the Motorhomes keep the town going this time of year.

I liked cullera it was a nice wee town not too touristy and a nice beach.
Think there was easily 200 vans parked up there when I was there mid February ....wasnt keen on the big clump in the middle of the ones parked under the apartment blocks that were lying on sunloungers in the street in bikinis etc . But that wee bit I had by the river was lovely. I stayed there 3 days the walk up to the church is hard going but worth it for the view from the top.

Someone had initially told me it was an old campsite but then @vwalan had said it was an old festival site. It seems tolerated by the police as they drove through a couple of times a day. But there's a lot of longtermers there that you see running around each morning with gallons upon gallons of water.

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[Lenny HB]

Looks a nice spot Lenny

Not really a big area of waste land we think it may be a festival site, a couple of hundred vans here.
Loads of room & right next to a lovely beach also next to the town and the town's got a bit of life. Looks like the Motorhomes keep the town going this time of year.

 

[vwalan]

I liked cullera it was a nice wee town not too touristy and a nice beach.
Think there was easily 200 vans parked up there when I was there mid February ....wasnt keen on the big clump in the middle of the ones parked under the apartment blocks that were lying on sunloungers in the street in bikinis etc . But that wee bit I had by the river was lovely. I stayed there 3 days the walk up to the church is hard going but worth it for the view from the top.

Someone had initially told me it was an old campsite but then @vwalan had said it was an old festival site. It seems tolerated by the police as they drove through a couple of times a day. But there's a lot of longtermers there that you see running around each morning with gallons upon gallons of water.View attachment 220604

you shouldnt really park right by the river or that used to be the rules .
it was just a little area by the high sky scrapers and a bit of grass heading across just behind the beach. think it was 4-5yrs ago the owner of the bar nightclub got permission to flatten it all and have a festival in the autumn . not sure if it still happens .
might be a bit longer it started . was all allotments etc at one time .
but twenty years ago only ten or so vans stopped at any time .
mind it used to be good below the lighthouse years ago then it got built on . or up on the hill going to the radar station . like every where it changes all the time . places disappear other open up.
lots years ago it used to be nice just north of cullera in the little villages by the sea but that changed .
have said before in tavira we used to park in an english guys garden he was called doug . its now the official aire there . mind i am going back twenty years . dont know what happened to doug . he used to look after stray dogs . he had about 9 dogs last i recall.
but have fun . there really is so much to see its a big country.

 

[Lenny HB]

Being very lazey on this trip, still at Cullera, keep sitting around drinking beer & chatting. I like Bob Dylan but there are limits had 3 days of it! Must be the only album Phil (@PhilandMena) has.
Blowing a gale at the mo, felt like the van was going to fall over in the night.

A few pics from a couple of days ago.

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