Almost beach camping...

Went for a walk around the town of Conil de la Frontera before heading out. Glen and Steve are staying there another night, while we scout out on ahead to see if there's a better spot for us.

Not much to see in the town of Conil, even though it's been settled for a long time. There's a couple of old houses from the 15th century, and a tower that's been there since the 12th century.

But other than that, it's only worth an hour's walk around. It looks like it would be a pretty busy spot in the summer, with a popular beach and lots of cafes and restaurants, many of which look closed up at this time of year.

Fountain in Conil.

Built in 1584, this house has been restored, but they left the original well.

Church. 

Flowerpots on the wall. We wonder how they water them...?

This tower was built sometime in the 1100's. 

Been restored a few times since!

We said goodbye to Glen and Steve, with expectations of seeing them along the way again although it may not be until we get to Seville. We've both got the coordinates for parking near the city center where we can meet. We want to see Cadiz, but they have been there a couple of times before so we're going our separate ways for a few days.

We drove back inland, around Conil, and then down a road leading back to the coast. A real "resort" type area, with a huge Barcelo complex, and another one under the Riu brand. Hardly anybody around though. A couple of the roadways leading down to the beach had specific signs banning RV's.

But I had read about a spot in between the Barcelo resort and the village of Roche. Just a dirt road leading to the beach. When we got there, there were about 8 other RV's already parked up, but with room for probably 50! Can't believe the place isn't busier than it is, although we're very happy with that.

Louis, parked up at GPS 36.326605, -6.156121

No services other than a couple of trash bins. But, it's free, there's not many others around and it's a two minute walk to the beach.

We wandered around and spoke to a couple of guys from England also parked here with vans. They said that the police come through twice a day and they've never been bothered. Busy on the weekends with locals, but during the week it's nice and quiet.

We took off for a walk to explore the area. There's an advertised hiking trail, but we had a hard time following it and so broke off from that and walked back to the Barcelo resort. Figured we might get a free drink if we act interested and ask for a tour!

Ruth, outside the fancy Barcelo Royal Hideaway Sancti Petri Resort.

But it was closed. A sign on the front door said they were "making your resort better" and would re-open March 1st. Lots of people working on the beautiful grounds though. But we couldn't get inside.

Lots of walking trails, some of which lead down to the beach.

The beach goes for a long way.

Finally made our way back to Louis, and had done about 7.5 kms (4.7 miles). Again, another beautiful day but they're calling for some clouds to come in later today, with possible scattered showers the next few days.

Two minutes from where we are parked.

Horseback riders out the front door.

A couple of military jets flew by, way overhead. 

These guys were really high up and this is zoomed in as much as the camera will zoom!

We're just going to have a relax day today! Go for another stroll, maybe do some reading.

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