Monday morning and we are up at the crack of dawn, the alarm clocks ringing at 07:15. It took the usual 2 hours to pack the final items away and shortly after 09:15 we were on our way to Aranjuez, around 40km south of Madrid.

The journey from Granada was uneventful until we reached the outskirts of Aranjuez when the heavens opened up. We followed the ACSI site directions from the South (we had travelled pretty much due North on the Autovia) which directed us through the centre of this old town.

With limited visibility, a plethora of one-way streets (not orientated one-way per our satnavs), abandoned cars everywhere (sorry that’s a Spanish term for “parking”) and lots of cobbled roads, the final 15 minutes were tricky. Note for next time: Follow the A4 to North of Aranjuez and then at La Estacion take the Carreterra de Chinchon a A-4 to the M-305 and then directly South on the M-305 to the campsite.

The campsite itself had also been deluged with rain and it was difficult to find a pitch without a personal water feature. Anyhow, we found one eventually and the weather cleared up enough in the evening for our customary BBQ.