2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 73 - 10/01/2024
Today we left Benidorm. - it had rained quite heavy overnight, and was cloudy this morning. As we make our journey back to the UK, it's...
Jacksons Escape in a Motorhome
Welcome to our blog - Chris and Diane Jackson's Escape - travelling Europe in our motorhome.  We hope you enjoy following our travels.
Today we left Benidorm. - it had rained quite heavy overnight, and was cloudy this morning. As we make our journey back to the UK, it's...
We left Murcia and headed to the coast again. We arrived in Torrevieja, where Christine and Eric used to go, and have garlic prawns and a...
Had a relaxing day today as we stayed here for another night. Had another look around the shops, had a chicken dinner cooked by Eric and...
Theee seemed to be cars racing up and down and people gathering throughout the night, and then they started with the building work, and...
There seemed to be a lot of coming and going last night, so not the best night's sleep, but we're on holiday, so it doesn't matter 😊....
We brought some fresh bread, bottled water and a few essentials from the local Aldi and then traveled further along the coast today to...
We decided to stay for another night and woke up to a gorgeous sunrise. Had a surprise visit from a wild boar, shortly followed by the...
We had a great night's sleep - it's so peaceful and relaxing here. Took a couple of photos from the skylight as the sun came up, then...
We left La Linea and headed along the coast, with the clear, beautiful blue sky, and glimpses of the sea below. We soon arrived in Cale...
We left Vila Real and made a brief stop at Castro Marim, which was just 5 minutes away. We walked to the windmill - Revelim de Santo...
Woke up to another beautiful day - we took a stroll to view the Tapada Grande - water sports / riverside beach. It was so peaceful and...
Woke up to a gorgeous sunrise. We emptied and filled up with water, before leaving the aire. We headed north towards the mountains, over...
Had a great sleep, it was a little parking area right on the edge of the village, across from publics loos, and near to the emergency...
This morning we headed to the coast to Portimao marina via the Arade Dam. We managed to park up, and eventually found a path leading to...
We stayed another day in Obidos and chilled. It was a showery day, but did manage to get out later, and visited Mel and Rob again in...
The joy of being parked right next to a huge church you get to hear the bells from at 7am to 10pm, every quarter of an hour. Basically...
We both had an amazing sleep, probably helped by the drinks we had last night - we are such light weights these days. At 6:30am we heard...
Wow what an awful night. We thought we were still on the boat with the amount of wind and rain that we had ! Chris made breakfast,...
We woke up to gentle music being piped in the cabins - our 5:40am wake up music. We expected an announcement, but nothing yet. We...
We woke up to blue skies and a frost this morning. We had a walk around the market and fed the ducks / geese before heading off. Today...