Three countries in one day

We start the decent on our way out of Andorra and into Spain, very steep decent at first so we did stop to check our brakes weren’t getting too hot. About an hour later we are still going downhill and our diesel tank is still on full. We can’t believe how long and how far you can keep driving downhill. We decide to head for the coast, it’s hot so we keep driving, making the most of Ivy’s air con whilst clocking up the miles and in the hope the coast will be cooler. We drive all day with a few stops for Bliss to stretch her legs and do her business. Today we have driven from France, through Andorra, into Spain, back into France and finally we settle on a coastal peninsula almost at the border of Spain again! Another very long but very interesting journey.
Towards the end the drive along the zigzagging coast through the coastal towns was busy with people sat along the streets outside of cafes and clubs, live music emitting from the bars and a jolly holidaying atmosphere. Hundreds of boats moored in the bays all along the coast.
Happy to drive away from the busy tourist area we find ourselves upon a cliff top peninsula with a great view of the Mediterranean Sea. As it got later it did become busier with other campers arriving to stay the night. We were lucky to have arrived when we did or we wouldn’t have had such a great space. We sat outside drinking coffee and watching hundreds of swifts feeding on the evening insects. As it grew dark we found the light from the seamark beacon flashing its warning to the boats, and the full Moon was a lovely reddy orange colour which we later found out that it was called a strawberry moon. It felt somehow homely being near the sea again. You can take the girl out of the island, but you can’t take the Island out of the girl ( or something like that 😜)Read more