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Puerto Gelves
Details for Puerto Gelves a Overnight parking - with services Gelves, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain, 41120www.searchforsites.co.uk
The Simpson's Irish Raid.
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CaptainPaul
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Not sure when your arriving here but 1st two weeks of June, wind & rain showers 3rd week onwards promising to be good, but of course with us being Ireland anything could happen! But anyway.....Slainte 
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agus Cead mile fáilte ☘
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We left Sevilla this morning and travelled to Écijar, probably unknown to most of you. It's just a little south of Córdoba not too big, with a council supplied motorhome area free of charge. All the services except electricity. Plenty of space when we arrived and we found a nice little tapas restaurant for lunch. The down side is that it's bloody hot, 35º as we speak so the air con is on again. But as we don't have EHU this time, I need to control the battery consumption. The town itself is nothing special, but the church looks rather nice and it's a peaceful spot, so here we stay.
Ensaladilla rusa.
Croquetas de gambas al ajillo.
Croquetas de puchero.
Patatas bravas
Cazón en adobo.
Ensaladilla rusa.
Croquetas de gambas al ajillo.
Croquetas de puchero.
Patatas bravas
Cazón en adobo.
We are at Gelves now, they told us its now high season and its 30€. To late to move on.Here you go
Puerto Gelves
Details for Puerto Gelves a Overnight parking - with services Gelves, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain, 41120www.searchforsites.co.uk
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That’s a bit annoying
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It's a good stop though but I guess it's what used to be whitsun now.
At least it has electric included. It's 36c here now and the aircon is getting a hammering.
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Wow, now that's a proper trip.145 days my friend
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Baños de la encina, Jaén. A very nice camping with all included for €20. Very clean, well looked after and friendly hosts. Plugged in but under the shade, do no solar power, meaning problems to keep the van cool as I have explained in another thread.
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We went out for dinner, today is my wife's birthday, unfortunately the meal was rather underwhelming so no photos. Lunch was a Picoteo and much nicer.
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Today we travelled 150km to Puerto de Lápice in Castilla de la Mancha. A small town with a municipal area for €8,50 the night. This includes electricity which once again we need as the temperature is still at 35º at 7 in the evening. We ventured into the town for lunch and found a nice little terrace in the centre and had calamares and baby lamb chops with some cheese on the plancha for starters. A bottle of local plonk to wash it down and straight back to the van with the air conditioning at full blast. So happily, we are at around 22º while outside is 35º. I'll open a bottle of wine that's in the fridge cooling shortly. Tomorrow we move on to Pinto in the Madrid community and it will still be 35º apparently. We need to keep pushing to get to San Sebastián where for sure it will be cooler. Battery is at 70% as we speak, so Peavy will be happy to know that I am not suffering 'battery anxiety' today 
You are in for a bit of a shock when you reach Ireland lol. Having said that 35 degrees C is just too hot for me.
One of our much used Camperstops...quite often have it to ourselves...like the idea of only paying for what you need..Today we travelled 150km to Puerto de Lápice in Castilla de la Mancha. A small town with a municipal area for €8,50 the night. This includes electricity which once again we need as the temperature is still at 35º at 7 in the evening. We ventured into the town for lunch and found a nice little terrace in the centre and had calamares and baby lamb chops with some cheese on the plancha for starters. A bottle of local plonk to wash it down and straight back to the van with the air conditioning at full blast. So happily, we are at around 22º while outside is 35º. I'll open a bottle of wine that's in the fridge cooling shortly. Tomorrow we move on to Pinto in the Madrid community and it will still be 35º apparently. We need to keep pushing to get to San Sebastián where for sure it will be cooler. Battery is at 70% as we speak, so Peavy will be happy to know that I am not suffering 'battery anxiety' today
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Even our recent heatwave wasn't anywhere near his cool 22°!
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Yes, I thought that was pretty good too. We paid for one night, 6 and 2 for EHU plus a few cents, so all in 8,50. There is now one more van here, when we arrived we were alone.
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Tonight the temperature will drop to 19 apparently, we have the blankets ready just in caseEven our recent heatwave wasn't anywhere near his cool 22°!
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Van food tonight, revuelto de setas on toast and a bottle of plonk. Nice 
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Glad to see a bit of English in your food descriptions, I get the toast bit, then I have no clue 
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A quick translate gives scrambled mushrooms.Glad to see a bit of English in your food descriptions, I get the toast bit, then I have no clue
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Oh I got the bottle of plonk tooGlad to see a bit of English in your food descriptions, I get the toast bit, then I have no clue
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Van food tonight, revuelto de setas on toast and a bottle of plonk. Nice
looks nice but I’d be raiding the fridge overnight if that was all I had for my evening meal..
Eating times in Spain differ from the UK, the main meal is taken from 2pm this is Comida, this is the main meal eaten by many, including us..
In the evening a lighter meal nothing more than a snack for us is called Cena, this is what the OP is posting...a very tasty snack which can be a starter or tapas..
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Eating times in Spain differ from the UK, the main meal is taken from 2pm this is Comida, this is the main meal eaten by many, including us..
In the evening a lighter meal nothing more than a snack for us is called Cena, this is what the OP is posting...a very tasty snack which can be a starter or tapas..
but I’d still be raiding the fridge..
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Have a great trip - looking forward to following your travels.
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I usually associate EHU with the need for heating. But that’s what being Scottish gets you.Even our recent heatwave wasn't anywhere near his cool 22°!
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Barriesimpson we had the same, minus the wine, for our evening meal.
Looking forward to the rest of your trip. Have a wonderful time.
Looking forward to the rest of your trip. Have a wonderful time.
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Arrived at a small private site today, in the Sierra de Madrid, €14 the night including EHU. When we got here the temperature was 30° but I cooked lunch and shortly after switched on the air conditioning. It then started to thunder..... and cloud over.... then the rain began. Temperature has dropped considerably, so air conditioning off and am now sat under the awning watching the rain ( yes, I'm weird like that) and drinking a whisky 
Van ribs for lunch.
Getting cloudy....
It's now pissing down
Van ribs for lunch.
Getting cloudy....
It's now pissing down
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Hailstones now and thunder every 2 minutes. Google assures me that hailstones need to be bigger than 1.5 inches before they destroy a solar panel. They're not that big, do I need to worry? Here's a photo, the lighter is for comparison as I have no bananas.
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I love sitting under the awning watching the rain (when it's warm!)
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