Got going a little earlier as we were leaving, paid up and managed to reverse out the pitch without hitting any plant pots! This was one of the cheaper campsites we’ve stayed on but they charged the most, 6 euros a night for Sarah, she insists she’s worth it!
Had a good run down the coast using the N332 which mirrored the toll road but didn’t cost you anything! The area around Valencia was very industrial, even back up around Moncofa. But once you reached Gandia it seemed to get more scenic with green hills to our right and plains in places between them and the coast. It also seemed more prosperous with well cared for orange plantations. Still major road works going on and you actually see people working on them!
Came into Oliva which is a fair sized town and followed the directions, well tried to, but they said traffic lights followed by a roundabout, only there isn’t a roundabout! So we ended up driving through the town high street just as all the children were coming out of school, it was a little busy! The high street is the N332 which is used by everyone not on the toll road, so it’s busy with lorries etc. So it was good to see lots of local police out and about manning the pedestrian crossings, of which there were several! They were all in Hi Vis jackets and (this is for Steve) looked remarkably relaxed, smiling and chatting to the parents and kids, obviously not being hounded about the number of arrests or tickets they have issued that morning! Still it was good to see.
Having realised our mistake we continued through the town before turning around and coming back through it again. We then followed the directions to the site, which is set right by the beach! The women on reception wasn’t convinced we’d find a standard pitch big enough for “Bella” and we may have to take one of the comfort pitches which were larger but you can’t get with the ACSI discount card! So instead of 18 euros a night it would be 40!
So determined to find one big enough we set on foot. The ones that were left were a little small for us, as with sun lounges the Germans had arrived in force and taken all the bigger ones! Lol We found one that looked possible, well not as impossible as the rest! We returned to reception to complete the paperwork and then drove down to the pitch. In order to have the door on the outside we had to go past the entrance and reverse her in. Having got her onto the pitch, well sort of, we realised how tight it was, so resorted to removing the bikes and then doing a little Bristol style parking!! Eventually we made it, not sure how we’re going to get out but that’s for another day!
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