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 ·  Posted: 01.12.2017  ·  #1
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 ·  Posted: 01.12.2017  ·  #2
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 ·  Posted: 01.12.2017  ·  #3
For heading on the home journey on Tuesday and kinda glad with this cold snap. Xmas at home and a few meets will do us till end of March , hoping when we are backdown the weather is more suited to thin blood :drink:
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #4
At Calnegre at the moment, yesterday not a cloud in the sky, shorts and t shirt on, 20 degrees. Overnight it dropped to just above zero. Today sun all around again. Not to bad.
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #5
Not a cloud here today either or yesterday morning,Weird its so different 35khp winds here now and 8 degrees. Just checked Benidorm Alicante , 12 deg and 35khp winds , Cartegena showing the same as I was on net this morning looking for a warmer spot to move to for a few days so you got a real jammy warm spot. :) For sure no one around this area been in shorts for a few days lol. Spanish are like bank robbers around the market today with padded coats scarfs around mouths and wolly hats :D
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #6
In Mazarron, 13° in the shade, not a cloud in sight but very windy.
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #7
I think it depends just were you are..a bit of a freak cold snap. Got sent this pic this morning.
Can't go further south as heading home on Tuesday but had a great trip and some awsome weather to date.


You guys prob have used this traffic site before but if not its a handy link for Spain road conditions etc

http://infocar.dgt.es/etraffic/
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #8
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In Mazarron, 13° in the shade, not a cloud in sight but very windy.

So you are only 10 miles up from me, where are you in mazarron I'm in calnegre Lorca a nice aire opposite the beach. €6 per night nice size pitches no ehu and water is 10c pee 10 ltr. I haven't been here before but I'm liking it.
Ps windy here today but no wind tomorrow.
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #9
hi folks. enjoy spain ,whatever the weather. yea lucky folks. just wondering which routes yea take down through spain, and whats the story with toll costs etc. thanks for any info...enjoy
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #10
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In Mazarron, 13° in the shade, not a cloud in sight but very windy.

So you are only 10 miles up from me, where are you in mazarron I'm in calnegre Lorca a nice aire opposite the beach. €6 per night nice size pitches no ehu and water is 10c pee 10 ltr. I haven't been here before but I'm liking it.
Ps windy here today but no wind tomorrow.


Camping Playa da Mazarron in Bolnuevo. €400 per 30 days inc. ehu, each pitch has own water and grey connection, so no need to be moving the MH.
On the beach, busses outside the gate. Local €1.15, Murcia €10 return, Cartagena €6.75 return.

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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #11
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hi folks. enjoy spain ,whatever the weather. yea lucky folks. just wondering which routes yea take down through spain, and whats the story with toll costs etc. thanks for any info...enjoy


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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #12
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In Mazarron, 13° in the shade, not a cloud in sight but very windy.

So you are only 10 miles up from me, where are you in mazarron I'm in calnegre Lorca a nice aire opposite the beach. €6 per night nice size pitches no ehu and water is 10c pee 10 ltr. I haven't been here before but I'm liking it.
Ps windy here today but no wind tomorrow.


Camping Playa da Mazarron in Bolnuevo. €400 per 30 days inc. ehu, each pitch has own water and grey connection, so no need to be moving the MH.
On the beach, busses outside the gate. Local €1.15, Murcia €10 return, Cartagena €6.75 return.

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Enjoy. Sounds nice, I'm heading south in a day or so. I'm not good at staying in one place for long but I can completely understand those that do.
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 ·  Posted: 02.12.2017  ·  #13
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Enjoy. Sounds nice, I'm heading south in a day or so. I'm not good at staying in one place for long but I can completely understand those that do.



How long you chaps out for, sounds like your both lucky enough to be away all winter, nice one :)


Colin had a look at the blog , those buses here sure seem awsome value, with no speaking spanish Id be worried about getting To a place but not figuring out how to get back again lol
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 ·  Posted: 03.12.2017  ·  #14
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Enjoy. Sounds nice, I'm heading south in a day or so. I'm not good at staying in one place for long but I can completely understand those that do.



How long you chaps out for, sounds like your both lucky enough to be away all winter, nice one :)


Colin had a look at the blog , those buses here sure seem awsome value, with no speaking spanish Id be worried about getting To a place but not figuring out how to get back again lol

I'm away for 4 months and yes it is great. Followed by 8 months without a day off work, it's a balance.
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 ·  Posted: 03.12.2017  ·  #15
Jami your poor thing .when I finally retire I am going to go away ,for 8mnts and then come home,4mnts, to worry about where to go for the next 8 mnts :lol: .
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 ·  Posted: 04.12.2017  ·  #16
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Enjoy. Sounds nice, I'm heading south in a day or so. I'm not good at staying in one place for long but I can completely understand those that do.



How long you chaps out for, sounds like your both lucky enough to be away all winter, nice one :)


Colin had a look at the blog , those buses here sure seem awsome value, with no speaking spanish Id be worried about getting To a place but not figuring out how to get back again lol


No bother at all, just make sure you have the return timetable and know remember where the bus station is. And don't forget to get a return ticket, it saves quite a few Euro.
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 ·  Posted: 07.12.2017  ·  #17
We use "Via Michellin" it works out the best route, toll costs and fuel costs.


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hi folks. enjoy spain ,whatever the weather. yea lucky folks. just wondering which routes yea take down through spain, and whats the story with toll costs etc. thanks for any info...enjoy
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 ·  Posted: 07.12.2017  ·  #18
The non toll once you get into Spain is great unlike France. FRANCE is slower non toll but not bad roads altogether . Just head down la rochelle . Bordeaux then coast to Spain or somport tunnel.but check.its open as it can be closed at times with weather.
Tolls are cheaper in spain also
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 ·  Posted: 07.12.2017  ·  #19
Makes me long for a coffee and a good Spanish brandy. But just for noting ,on the French motorways you are class 2 (the same as vans) up to 3,5 tonnes and class 3 if over. On Spanish motorways you are classed as a car , this is why the big difference.
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 ·  Posted: 07.12.2017  ·  #20
When we've driven
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 ·  Posted: 08.12.2017  ·  #21
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Makes me long for a coffee and a good Spanish brandy. But just for noting ,on the French motorways you are class 2 (the same as vans) up to 3,5 tonnes and class 3 if over. On Spanish motorways you are classed as a car , this is why the big difference.


In France you usually get class two at automatic toll booths unless you break the three metre height sensor. At manned booths its usually class two unless you have a tag or double wheels at the back.

There is usually no way to know the GVW of a vehicle is more than the 3,500kg limit for class two.

If the class three charge comes up on an automatic booths, press the help button and say Je suis un camping-car classe deux s'il vous plaît and the charge is normally changed back to class two.
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 ·  Posted: 08.12.2017  ·  #22
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Je suis un camping-car classe deux s'il vous plaît and the charge is normally changed back to class two.


Now a Tipperary accent saying that at a toll booth would be interesting 😉


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