After spending 6 nights in Sant Pere Pescador in the Bay of Roses we decided to move on before the mass exodus. It was a nice enough place and we did a bit of cycling & walking but for some reason we just didn't seem to settle and the last few nights we were there the entertainment kicked off and we really didn't appreciate the oke, cokey Spanish stylee or the animation team coming round with loud halers shouting " mini-club, mini-club" with loads of young children in tow, we laughed and joked about seeing Rodney from Only Fools & Horses amongst them on a skateboard - so it was time to move on.
Before we left though we had a trip just up the coast to a place called Empuriabrava which they call Spain's Venice, basically it's a maze of canals with back to back apartments and then there's the expensive part by the marina with houses in excess of 3 million euros with each house having it's own mooring for a super yacht!
We left on Monday heading for La Franqui back in France just across the border. It's a little place we briefly visited back in March after we left the Alps on route back to Mum's so we knew roughly where we were going and the area. We are on a very small campsite that we found back then (which was closed for the winter season) which is cheap as chips at only €10 a night and has everything we need and no tacky entertainment but no wi-fi so getting this blog done for you lot has been a bit of a mission and involved a beer at a local bar so we could use their wi-fi.
The site is right on the beach which is mainly a kitesurf & land yacht beach and no bucket & spade brigade so right up our street. It's a bit like being back in Tarifa though as it's very windy, this time the wind is called Tramatona which blasts down from the Pyrenees and blows off-shore, but sometimes is on-shore which is called Marin. There's an old beach patrol tower on the beach which resembles a water tower and this guy has taken it over as his office and runs a kitesurf club from there, what an office he has too, with a 180 degree view 30 feet up where he can see out to sea and both ways along the beach, wouldn't mind an office like that ourselves!! We had a chat with him and he said we could pay for rescue as the wind is off-shore so we have done a deal with him and had a great first day out on the water in 30mph winds which blew a few cobwebs away.
We have also been out exploring other campsites and have found one to move onto from here which is at Narbonne Plage which is again right on the beach and has cycle paths into the local village and if the wind plays ball will be another good kite location. However we really like it here so are in no rush to move on just yet.
It was quite funny as one of the sites we came across was a nudist site, Julie went in to ask if they had a separate section for clothed campers but the people in front of her who were checking in were being told that they had to be naked at all times to respect the views of the campers and that, naked meant naked & you had to sign on the dotted line in agreement....Julie swiftly just grabbed a brochure and jumped back on the bike!
That's about it for this week.
J&J
x
PS We have some funny stories for you for next week, so stay tuned......!!
It was quite funny as one of the sites we came across was a nudist site, Julie went in to ask if they had a separate section for clothed campers but the people in front of her who were checking in were being told that they had to be naked at all times to respect the views of the campers and that, naked meant naked & you had to sign on the dotted line in agreement....Julie swiftly just grabbed a brochure and jumped back on the bike!
That's about it for this week.
J&J
x
PS We have some funny stories for you for next week, so stay tuned......!!
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