Day 40 – Vilanova
What a huge place…as you can see there are several areas and we are in G area where the Camping & Caravanning Rally starts on Saturday…we will be long gone back to Calais.
When we arrived yesterday we were on empty in the vehicle so we needed to get some fuel and whilst we were out we needed some shopping. I looked up that there was a Carrefour down in the town with a forecourt. Sorted !!
Set the sat nav on the phone and off we went. The town is only around 5 miles away so we were there in no time. Spotted the fuel station but no large Carrefour instead it was a supermarket attached to the fuel station. None of the other supermarkets were open because it is Sunday. Did spot an alternative fuel station that offered cheaper fuel at €1.13 per litre which works out at just over £1. I will need to0 remind myself to fill up before we cross the border back into France on Wednesday….the fuel in France is more expensive. Paying for the fuel initially was a challenge but a local guy helped me with my machine which we gave up and used the other.
Back to the camp site and relaxed. We did watch someone arrive and set up on the adjacent pitch. He had some interesting ideas and it soon became apparent that he had been here before. He laid out and pegged down his groundsheet. Next came the awning which was an oversized porch awning but did not fully cover the groundsheet. He used an electric drill with a masonry bit to drill through the groundsheet to make a pilot hole in which he hammered in his rock pegs. Eventually all was erect including his storm guides.
In the evening we finally finished watching the remaining available episodes of our series… we will have to watch the remaining episodes weekly over the coming weeks when we get home. Must remember to set the recording schedule.
As we have no English TV signal and I am rationing the remaining data it was soon bed time …