
Jacksons Escape
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.

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 29 - 27/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 28 - 26/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 27 - 25/11/2023
Theee seemed to be cars racing up and down and people gathering throughout the night, and then they started with the building work, and...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 26 - 24/11/2023
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 😊....

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 25 - 23/11/2023
We brought some fresh bread, bottled water and a few essentials from the local Aldi and then traveled further along the coast today to...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 24 - 22/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 23 - 21/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 22 - 20/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 19 - 17/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 16 - 14/11/2023
Woke up to another beautiful day - we took a stroll to view the Tapada Grande - water sports / riverside beach. It was so peaceful and...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 15 - 13/11/2023
Woke up to a gorgeous sunrise. We emptied and filled up with water, before leaving the aire. We headed north towards the mountains, over...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 12 - 10/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 11 - 09/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 08 - 06/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 06 - 04/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 05 - 03/11/2023
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...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 04- 02/11/2023
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,...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 03 - 01/11/2023
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...

Winter Trip to Spain - Day 74- 21/01/2023
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...



















