After an undisturbed night and a dark morning no-one is in any rush to move this morning so it is after 11:00 when we finally hit the road for Sanlucar de Barrameda. We skirt Seville then head southwest towards Cadiz. The landscape becomes very flat and lush with bright green grass and other early crops. Little whitewashed towns sit on small rises and white horses graze in fenced paddocks. As we near the coast the temperature rises to 16C and the sky is...

Many vans have left already this morning as we make our own preparations to go. There is a car wash on site so we take the opportunity to wash the vans so it is approaching midday when we check out and drive eight miles to Santaponce where, we have read, there are remains of a large Roman town. We see a likely area but there ate no signs although there is a good car park. Ali + Grete go to explore then phone to say they have found the tourist info a mile a...

A sunny morning as we walk into town where we meet N+G by the Golden Tower, once a store for nautical treasure and plunders but now a maritime museum. We pass the cathedral and horse carriage ranks and enter the Alcazar, or more correctly the Real Alcazar [Real meaning Royal]. This Muslim Royal palace was founded in the 11th Century and extended over the next few. Rooms are richly decorated with coloured tiles and patterned ceilings. Walls and doorways...

Mary*Lou the motorhome was named in memory of Nick's Mum, whose birthday was 12th January, so we have a few thoughts for her this morning before we set off in bright sunshine for Seville centre. Notwithstanding the discrepancies in this site's information regarding washing machines and number of hook up points, they must have got Mo Farrah to measure the '15 minute' walk to town. 35 minutes from the site we are nearing the historic area, passing the red and ...

This morning it sounds like sheepdog trials in the carpark with a lot of whistling and shouting, which turns out to be a gang of parking attendants cramming in cars of people visiting the market across the road. We are asked to reposition the vans and then get charged €1.10 to park. We make or way into town across the second bridge and through narrow streets to Plaza Corredera, where we meet N+G. The large square is surrounded by pink and white arches an...