
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 21 - 19/11/2023
We walked over the runway into Gibraltar - when a plane is due to take off or land, the runway obviously has to be cleared, and the...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 20 - 18/11/2023
After a great night's sleep, we left our park up, and decided to drive to Gibraltar. The roads here were so much busier, made worse with...

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 18 - 16/11/2023
Today we walked around the area, as most places were closed when we walked there last night. There weren't many people around either - I...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 17 - 15/11/2023
We walked back to the beach area, where Lola enjoyed a paddle, before we negotiated the exit ramp from the stopover - still a squeeze,...

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 14 - 12/11/2023
Today we took out the bikes and cycled to the 'west side' - along the river, the cobbled side streets and then along the track by the...

2023/4 Winter Trip - Day 13 - 11/11/2023
There were quite a few people walking past chatting late last night, which looked like a well used route through from the residential...

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...



















