After a very calm, almost 36 hour crossing, we docked at Santander one hour before the official arrival time. This didn’t of course make any difference to our dis-embarkation which commenced promptly at 08:00 Spanish time.

After the extreme cold weather in England we were pleased to be greeted by a lovely sunrise and temperatures hovering around 10 degrees.

Here are a few pictures from our time onboard “Galicia”.

We exited the port at precisely 08:30 after being waved through the various check points and customs areas without issue. Our location on the lorry deck was a big advantage for a prompt departure ahead of the 350 mile drive to Caceres.

We headed south on the Autovia network. The first hour of travel through the mountains was a little scary with very strong, blustery winds and accordingly we made fairly slow progress. As we moved away from Santander, the weather improved with the wind dropping and temperatures around 10 – 12 degrees Celsius.

We stopped for fuel after a couple of hours driving and a further fuel / lunch break just after 1:00pm – Diesel prices at Euros 1.71 are not dis-similar to the UK. The final leg of the journey took us into the campsite at Caceres just before 4pm and at the start of the 2022 football World Cup final.

By the time we had setup the caravan, Joe headed to the bar to watch the second half; extra time; and penalties. At the last world cup final we had been staying in Chalons-en-Champagne after visiting the Ardeche – France won and the streets and roads were chaos. No such repeat tonight, Argentina winning after penalties following a 3-3 score line aet.

Here at the campsite, this year we are on Pitch 37.