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POI Admin said:
Looks like a good suggestion to me ...

Would you like to start a thread in Meets/Gatherings so we can get an idea who might turn up and when?
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Chris, I couldn't organise a p*ss-up in a brewery & I hate to be nailed down to a time & place, if the weather is crap, we will be heading further south & Morocco,

I only suggested Cullera as it could be the ideal location for a meet.

I think the best thing to do is keep in touch through the forum when we're all down there.
 
kenspain said:
I would make sure that you can get in there i was fishing down there last month and the boat owner said that they were going to stop all the motorhomes parking due to all the complaints from the locals and from the owners of the flats.
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Ken, you're an old killjoy, a harbinger of doom.

Many times over the last 4 years you've said it was impossible to overnight in the Alicante area, but I've stayed there with no problems at all.

At Cullera there can be several hundred motorhomes there in high season, if the authorities put the block on it, the local traders & bar owners would revolt.
 
5andy said:
We will be in the general area January/ February. We planned to leave Benidorn mid January and head south but are happy to be flexible. It would be great to join a mimi meet if possible but it would depend on the date. Happy to share my phone number.
5andy.
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I imagine lots of people will be leaving Benidorm now the night life is not the same...
Bd..
 
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spigot said:
Ken, you're an old killjoy, a harbinger of doom.

Many times over the last 4 years you've said it was impossible to overnight in the Alicante area, but I've stayed there with no problems at all.

At Cullera there can be several hundred motorhomes there in high season, if the authorities put the block on it, the local traders & bar owners would revolt.
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Thats it I am out out of here, only Put that on because i did not want a lot of you turning up and could not park
 
Don't throw your toys out the pram ken I'm sure you've had bigger insults face to face , apart from your weather statements sending us green with envy lots have appreciated your advice and the viewpoint of your sons official role,
There have been several incidents in particular in Portugal where locals have complained about parking and managed to get it stopped only for traders to get it overturned, in the 7/8 years we have been going south we have noticed the increase in vans and this year in particular there are dozens more French vans staying away from North Africa flooding Aires,
The problem is that where there is no control someone will always take the p*** , while most of us live by the maxim take away only memories leave only tyre tracks , others will block the seafront for months with awnings out or crap in the dunes etc and wonder why one day the facility disappears , the paradox is that as a wild camper I want to be parked up in an isolated spot enjoying the views but in reality we end up with vans strung nose to tail along a beach road or blocking locals favourite spots, then as in Portugal the local council takes control provides a camping spot normally quite reasonable prices and bans all other parking , but the aire is likely to be on an industrial estate or somewhere equally as unattractive.
 
I must admit Ken does have a valid point.

In Cullera, behind the dunes there is a vast area that can accommodate hundreds of motorhomes & still not look crowded. But you still get some idiots (mainly Dutch, German & French) who make a point of staying on the seafront right underneath the apartment blocks. Of course the residents are going to get the hump.

It is these idiots who will eventually spoil it for the rest of us, I don't think it will happen for a few years, but I may be wrong.
 
Ferry booked for 9th November and looking forward to my second Iberian winter.
Last winter I bounced all over Spain, Portugal and Morocco covering 15000 miles in 8 month, wilding everywhere apart from my month in Morocco (only to accidentally format my phones sd card, losing all my maps, routes and stops). This one wanting to be more settled, maybe a couple month in each place, if I can find the right (and cheap enough) sites with a bit of wilding in between.
Hopefully this year I'll bump into a few more of you as last winter I only met one other member on my travels, but then again I was off the beaten track for most of it.
 
With all the talk of Cullera dunes/river being closed down, all is fine. Loads of vans, police doing the rounds no problemo. Weather is pants though. So is the mini meet still on?
 
We are settled down in The East Algarve . After 5 months full-time in the van, we are taking it easy.

The weather is quite fair, for late November. We've had a little light rain, mainly overnight , but can be out and about in shorts and sandals.

We'll probably head south to Cadiz, for a while , if the weather is poor in January.

Give us a shout if you are East of Faro.

What have you decided Ed ?
 
Hi all, I'm planning to go mid January and more than happy to share phone number and meet up as I don't want to be on my ownio all the time! In fact, although I've travelled round France on my own, the thought of doing it in Spain I find a bit daunting to the point where I keep getting cold feet. I need some chivvying! 😄
 
carol said:
Hi all, I'm planning to go mid January and more than happy to share phone number and meet up as I don't want to be on my ownio all the time! In fact, although I've travelled round France on my own, the thought of doing it in Spain I find a bit daunting to the point where I keep getting cold feet. I need some chivvying! 😄
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Go Carol you wont regret it spain is different to France
 
Gee said:
With all the talk of Cullera dunes/river being closed down, all is fine. Loads of vans, police doing the rounds no problemo. Weather is pants though. So is the mini meet still on?
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We'll be down there mid Jan.
 
carol said:
Hi all, I'm planning to go mid January and more than happy to share phone number and meet up as I don't want to be on my ownio all the time! In fact, although I've travelled round France on my own, the thought of doing it in Spain I find a bit daunting to the point where I keep getting cold feet. I need some chivvying! 😄
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Hi Carol,

Consider yourself chivvied!!

Pat
 
Our.plans have changed a bit but we will definitely be in Benidorm until the 17th Jan then hanging around somewhere looking for the sun for the last two weeks in January, probably heading south. Happy to meet up at some point.
5andy
 
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