2025 Morocco

We have found a lovely spot overlooking water with horses on the shoreline. Free aire with all facilities except electricity but the solar panels takes car of that.

The crossing was horrendous as the boat fought with the waves. Tina had forgotten her sleeping pils and Tucker’s treats. She got very little sleep. Tucker was very nervous, frightened and clung to Tina all night. However the boat did arrive into Santander on time at 1pm local time.

We arrived at our overnight spot at 2:15pm and blown away with its beauty, A quiet night ahead….

We aimed to get to Brittany Ferries, Plymouth for our 15:45 ferry in good time so we left at around midday. The night was quiet and very relaxing. I did however trip over Tuckers dog lead and went crashing to the ground and grazed my legs. Fortunately no broken bones but did struggle to get up.

The process of getting through border control and passport control seemed to be extra vigilant. But we were in the lane ready for loading. Because we had Tucker our position on the ship was close to the rear so we could take a muzzled dog, which he hated, directly to the cabin.

We had a 4 berth internal cabin which was functional if not a little small. We soon set sail and then realised how rough the 20 hour crossing was going to be. We retired early because we didn’t want to leave Tucker alone.

We decided to move on to a small rural car park in a picturesque village. The journey was less than an hour and took us a little bit closer to the port ready for our delayed sailing tomorrow.

The car park has a babbling brook and seating on the adjacent grass. There is a small shop selling confectionery, drinks, pastries and the lady is able to take the money on a credit card for the parking. We plan to be here 24 hours and it cost £9

In the village there are a couple of nice looking Pubs and a few gift shops ready and eager to take your money.

We left home at 3pm making our way to the Toby Carvery in Exeter. I had called them a few weeks ago and check whether we could stay the night in their carpark. On the way we needed to ensure we had a full tank of LPG so we stopped at a garage just off the A303 at Bulford camp. Filled with diesel and the 8 litres of gas.

We carried on down the A303 until we reached our destination at 5pm. Looking at my phone and emails I had some communications from Brittany Ferries. Our sailing had now been delayed due to weather conditions by one day. We now leave on Thursday at the same time as before and should now arrive in Spain on Friday.

As planned we had our Carvery in the bar … the restaurant was full. Very enjoyable. I have now booked breakfast for the morning. Will need to decided in the morning how we will while away the day tomorrow.