I arrived yesterday 17 of October into Santander I have never taken so long to get through customs, pretty much every vehicle stopped and lots of questions, I’m guessing it was solely down to arriving in Spain from a British port. We got a space at the very busy Aire in Santander. Handy Aire next to a great park. Toilet empty, grey empty and fresh water available no charge, max 48 hours.
Then went to a mercadona outside Santander I’d done some due diligence and checked Google satellite images and saw plenty of spaces. I arrived at the tight entrance saw no height restrictions and headed on the one way system to the back of the store to see the only exit route had a 2.7m height restriction I measured it and it just over 3m. But I didn’t want to risk it as my van is 3m. So I had to get Amanda to walk in front of me as we headed the wrong way to the entrance. A store official saw me and realised my predicament and lifted out a load of bollards so I could get back on the main road. Now at camping Perlora near Gijon. It’s a bonkers 27 degrees here, hotter than I like and hotter than usual. My lager has increased by 10cents a bottle since the start of the year making it 75cents a litre. The shopping we did would have been double in price in Ireland so I will have to drink and eat a lot to save more money!!!
bbq tonight with a few beers, loving this holiday stuff.
Then went to a mercadona outside Santander I’d done some due diligence and checked Google satellite images and saw plenty of spaces. I arrived at the tight entrance saw no height restrictions and headed on the one way system to the back of the store to see the only exit route had a 2.7m height restriction I measured it and it just over 3m. But I didn’t want to risk it as my van is 3m. So I had to get Amanda to walk in front of me as we headed the wrong way to the entrance. A store official saw me and realised my predicament and lifted out a load of bollards so I could get back on the main road. Now at camping Perlora near Gijon. It’s a bonkers 27 degrees here, hotter than I like and hotter than usual. My lager has increased by 10cents a bottle since the start of the year making it 75cents a litre. The shopping we did would have been double in price in Ireland so I will have to drink and eat a lot to save more money!!!
bbq tonight with a few beers, loving this holiday stuff.