All good things come to an end and soon we will be hitting
the road back to Santander and the ferry back to the UK.
It’s sad when you come
to the end of a stay that you’ve really enjoyed only to watch as each day your close
circle of friends starts to shrink as they all gradually depart the camp for pastures
new.
Our time here has been great; we have met some very
interesting people from all over Europe and have made many friends. The staff and
management at Marjal have been exceptional and they have made our stay a real
treat.
Antonio (or Costa) the director has recruited and great team
who are a credit to him. Ava with the reception staff are always friendly and
attentive sorting out any problem that comes their way without losing that
friendly smile.
The bar staff (particularly Ivan and Carmen) work like Trojans
never losing that ability to make you feel special and the animation team under
the leadership of Julio (originally from Argentina) with his very capable
sidekick Anita have made each day highly interesting and enjoyable.
I will miss little Anita’s twice weekly workouts in the gym
where her attempt to turn my flab into rock hard muscle has sadly failed…mainly
due to my lack of control when it comes to vino tinto and good food.
We had the
last Cycle ride to the town of Callosa last Wednesday and it was nice to be
thanked by the group (who at one time reached a total of forty members).
The cycle group at Callosa
We have made a short hop up the AP7 and A7 to refill our LPG tanks at the Repsol depot
not far from the Airport.
I needed 240 Ltrs of Gas but the grumpy old pump attendant
started to gripe when the LPG pump started to strain at 177 Ltrs and refused to
fill the tanks any further so it will be interesting to see how far we get on
that.
The drive gave the RV a good shake down after its long stand and with our fingers crossed everything worked fine.
The Sat-Nav has been programed with our
return route to where we plan to stay overnight north of Madrid not far from
Burgos at a campsite, travelling on to Santander the following day.
This weekend has seen a huge influx of campers mainly
Spanish as its father’s day today in Spain and the camps swimming pool is out
of bounds as is the spa, mainly as its jam packed with campers.
The weather has started to warm up nicely and sitting
outside its easy to get sunburnt if you don’t take care, though tomorrow we
have been warned that strong winds , storms with thunder and lightning are on
the way.
We have had a fortuitous meeting with people that both Kay
and I knew over twenty years ago it happened the night Wales beat England at
rugby as we watched it in the camps bar / restaurant a meeting that we will
reveal more about in our next post.
