Kevnjan's new adventure.

Fri. 6th. Oct. Well, the best laid plans don’t always come to fruition. The bus we planned to get didn’t turn up and as we’d planned to leave Valencia this afternoon it really didn’t leave us enough time to make our second visit. We’ve been wild camping for several days and the batteries were beginning to look a little low. The sunshine has been in short supply and we really need to hook up. I found a site at a farm not far from a town called Chiva, on the road to Requena. The farm is owned by a German biker and is aptly named Biker Farm. We are parked in an olive grove, overlooking pretty views of the hills, the only people here, being constantly buzzed by a million flies. Shame, it’s a great spot, with all the facilities we need. We thought we might spend the weekend here but if the flies are this bad tomorrow we’ll head out. We’ve decided to head for Madrid so have said goodbye to the coast for a while. Looking forward to seeing some real Spain in the next few days. Sat.27th. Oct. Left behind Biker Farm with its flies and noisy alsation dogs. The views couldn’t make up for the discomfort caused by both. Set off for an ACSI site, found on the internet at Villargordo del Cabriel, an idyllic spot by a lake, high up in the hills past Requena. The journey took us through mountainous and wooded countryside, on the A3 motorway and at last it felt like we were seeing some of the picturesque Spain which we had mostly missed on our way down the coast. We left the motorway in search of coffee and found a roadside restaurant which oozed character and smelled of wood fires. The coffee was excellent, as it has been everywhere in Spain. The Italians make great fuss about their coffee but Spanish is better.(and cheaper) I just wish they could find some bigger cups!! We drove into the town of Utiel and located a supermarket where we stocked up on essentials, Scotch at €4.79 a bottle being just one!! Arrived at our campsite around 1pm and got settled onto an enormous pitch with all the services. The whole place has a great feel to it and the sun shone warmly, even our flies seemed to have followed us here. There are cabins here, several of which are occupied by groups of weekending, gregarious Spaniards of differing ages having a noisy good time. The clocks go back tonight so we’re expecting them to have an extra hour of partying. Got some washing done, and settled in for a night of TV. Still working this far from home. Come dancing again. Deep joy!! There is a chill in the air up here that we haven’t felt on the coast, I believe we’ve driven up towards the cooler weather. I think it’s a good idea to do Cuenca, Madrid and Toledo now and head south again before winter sets in, we don’t like the cold. It’s strange but Jan’s hip has started to ache at the first sign of cold weather. Will walk it off tomorrow. Time for a drink.