Days 1 & 2 - Journey to Conil

On Sunday 10th September we set off on our long, long drive, or should I say Jaime's long, long drive to Conil de la Frontera in the province of Cadiz. After 8 long hours we finally arrived at the campsite I had chosen, Fuente de Gallo. We were very happy with the campsite, it was reasonably priced, the plots were very big, the bathrooms were for the most part clean and there was a lot of security. It was quiet on a night, except for the random Cock which crowed at the most bizarre times, I had always believed they only crowed when the sun rose on a morning. It was 5 minutes walk to the beach too. My only complaint would be that the supermarket was shite. And there are millions of stray cats which come around looking for food and jump in and out of the bins on a night.

It was really quite heartbreaking watching them but at times they were a bloody nuisance, like when they were eating off our neighbours' table. Some of them were little kittens and I wanted to bring them home with me. When Jaime wasn't looking I put out some dairy lea triangles and left over tuna for them to eat. It was probably a mistake because at one point there were 6 cats fighting over cheese in front of our tent.

This year we decided to do some proper camping and so we bought a stove and grill to do our own cooking on, or should I say for me to do the cooking on. It was great fun and it made the holiday a lot cheaper than last year in Portugal.