Quite a heavy thunderstorm during the night with torrential rain and by getting up time it was still cloudy with occasional showers, one of which we sat out whilst waiting to pop across to Mercadona after breakfast. Then with goodies packed away we headed out en route to a favourite spot near Cadiz. We'd tried to email to make a reservation but no reply so we just pushed on and trusted to luck.
As expected from the forecast it wasn't long before we cleared the rain and once again enjoyed lovely blue sunny skies on an almost empty autovia heading north. At Jerez de la Frontera, the centre of Spain's sherry trade would you believe, TomTom directed us onto quiet roads until we entered the sprawling area known as El Puerto de Santa Maria. Through modern industrial and commercial areas, we didn't actually touch the old town before turning off to the coast and Camping Playa Las Dunas de San Anton, a place we've been coming to since we started “snowbirding” 10 years ago, although for well-known reasons, not for four years.
The place has hardly changed, except that it was pretty full. All the usual areas were taken and we were directed to what we call the woods, a large wooded area towards the back of the site where we've hardly ever seen anyone pitched before. Nevertheless we were directed to a nice quiet pitch, not quite full sun but with enough room to position ourselves to get the best we can. In all honesty, once settled we were more than happy as despite many of the pitches being occupied, there was no crowding as would be the case in the “normal” area. The only downside is the long walk to actually get off the site for the beach, walk into town etc. This'll do us so we've booked for a week.
Once settled in we enjoyed a late lunch and took Jamie for an orientation tour – which didn't take long as everything is to hand. The electricity supply post was too much of a stretch for our longest cable, just 3 feet too much, but we've got two leads so no problem. Then chairs out and relax for the rest of the day, some cloud coming over for short periods but staying relatively warm well into the evening – it's 6.30pm as I write and the doors and roof vents are still open.
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