Although we’re moving on today, it’s not far so we didn’t
rush to get started. Goodbyes to the folks we’d met, a quick service of the van
then go looking for a supermarket as we’re running out of choices (although we
wouldn't starve). Following the satnav and trying to find a hypermarket we’d
spotted on our way in to Sanlucar, we decided we’d missed it so just took the
road for Seville, once again avoiding the toll Autopistas.
Although it had started quite cloudy, it soon brightened up
again and we enjoyed a steady run through quite flat countryside. It seemed,
however, that wherever there was a hill, a town or village had been built on it
and we noted several such places as we passed.
The kilometres sped by and soon we joined the (non-toll)
Autovia which took us to the ronda (ring road) around Seville. Crossing the
large suspension bridge it was very busy and took all our concentration to
ensure we kept going the right way, despite the excellent guidance from TomTom.
Eventually we left the ronda on the road towards Gelves, where there is a nice
place to stay, and immediately spotted a Carrefour hypermarket. Fortunately it
was quite easy to find the access road, if not so easy to find a parking spot;
despite a huge car park, most of it was under sun shades and too low for
Bertie, although we did find open areas right at the far end. An hour wandering
round filled up the food lockers again, including Tetley teabags and proper
English bacon – Carrefour almost always has a small section dedicated to other
nationalities which is nice to find.
Then on to Puerto Gelves, a small marina where space has
been given over for motorhome parking with access to toilets, showers and a
washing and drying machine, as well as the usual facilities. We stopped here
last year, but they appear to have stopped parking on the harbour wall so the
space is now somewhat limited. However there was more than enough for us so we
chose a spot with plenty of sun and settled in.
Our plan is to get caught up with the washing and have a
general clean up, so there probably won’t be much of a blog tomorrow.
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