We left Camping El Astral at Tordesillas on Friday morning for a 4 hour journey to the coast. We had booked a night at Camping Helguero before our ferry crossing at 13:00 on Saturday. We arrived at Helguero campsite (near the pretty port of Comillas) early in the afternoon and the weather was warm and sunny.

Some cables under the caravan had worked loose so balancing the caravan on a grassy ledge, I sent Moe under the van to carry out repairs.

The break in the stormy weather didn’t last too long and by the morning, the campsite was a quagmire.

This set the scene for a very stormy crossing over the Bay of Biscay. Joe spent the first 18 hours lying on his bed!

Our arrival at Portsmouth was precisely on schedule at 20:00 and we were one of the first outfits off – before 9pm we had pitched up on our ferry pitch at Rookesbury park CAMC site. An uneventful tow back to East Devon and we arrived home around 2pm, Monday 24th March 2025.

Another great way to spend winter and the beautiful weather which greeted us in England was in sharp contrast to rather wet winter in Spain.

Hasta el proximo ano…