France & Spain October 2025 - Alcossebre Part 2

October 13th

The weather hadn't improved all that much and so it was a case of being cabin fevered in the apartment with forays out to give Reggie a walk. So not much to report.

October 14th

What a change in the weather. It's sunny. It stayed dry all day.

After breakfast we got our stuff together and set off in the van.  We had looked at maybe going to Benicassim but lately, reviews of van parking areas have suggested that break-ins have been occurring.

So we decided to head for the Mercadona at Oropesa del Mar (Marina d'Or) that we have been to a few times before. It's only about 25 minutes down the N340. Usually, we park up near the seafront and take a walk and a coffee in a local bar.  Once we shopped, we got Reggie out of the van and had coffee in the sun on the terrace of the café by the Mercadona. Then we set off back to the apartment.

Back at Kione, we went past along the coast to see if we could find a park-up for lunch. In the end we found a nice spot near to Camping Tropicana. 

This is camping behaviour!!

To get there you need to go down and across a river. Even after Storm Alice it was relatively dry but there are warnings that it could flood.

There's not supposed to be any overnight parking in these spots along the road, and there are signs to this effect, but a few hours for lunch should be okay. Last year the spots were full of freeloaders overnighting.

We got the chairs out and sat in the sun. Claire even had a paddle. Reggie got his feet wet as well.  We stayed there a couple of hours before returning to the apartment and unloading the shopping. 

The afternoon was spent relaxing and reading.  

Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good.