Our Motor-Roaming life

I was wondering what to write next on my blog and I thought you may be interested in what it's been like to be living in Spain in our motorhome for the last five months. It's wonderful to be free to go where you want whenever you want and to visit so many different places - cities, countryside or coast.
Spain is such a diverse country there is always somewhere new and different to discover and their customs and culture often surprises us. Sometimes we get a bit lonely when all we have for company is each other, but over the last months we have begun to feel more and more that we are part of a large community of like minded people touring around in their motorhomes for months and sometimes years (or sometimes the motorhome is their home having sold up in the UK)

With every place we visit we have ever-changing neighbours and if they are from the UK we often get chatting over a coffee or even enjoy a cycle ride or a meal together. One couple, Alan and Sophie, we met in Chinchilla, we chatted and Sophie and I contacted each other a couple of times using Whatsapp. A week or so later we were cycling along the Benacassim cycle path when we thought we recognised Sophie going the other way, so I sent a Whatsapp " Was that you we just saw?" I said, and it was! We were both parked up at Castellon about a mile apart, the next day we met for coffee and the day after a cycle ride along our favourite Via Verde. We have a lot in common, Alan being a keen runner and Sophie is a hypnotherapist like me, our friendship was cemented and we hope to keep in touch as they live in Sussex (like us). With all the people we have met over the last few years, I think we now have more motorhoming friends across Europe than we have at home in the UK. With today's social media it's so easy to keep in touch and we exchange ideas, information about gadgets (Paul Steel especially!!)  and our favourite places to stay - there's nothing better than recommendation - so many of the great  places we have stayed have been as a result of a recommendation from a fellow Motorhomer.

The practical side of life as a Free camper can be challenging at times especially finding somewhere to do your laundry.
Can you imagine my delight when we found the El Palomar camperstop on our route? I had been told by someone we met that you had use of the washing machine free! And the added bonus was they only charged 5€ a night to stay.
We stayed two nights and in that time I did four wash loads and got it all dry on our makeshift line.

It's the simple things in life that can give you great happiness, who doesn't like to snuggle up at night in between fragrant clean sheets!!