Abacist back in Spain (14 Viewers)
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Abacist
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Point to note if booking this site! If you book in advance rather than just turning up you have rendered yourself ineligible to use your ACSI discount card! I need to check my booking confirmation. Never experienced this before!
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We have been out for a long walk today including coffee and then lunch! The Swiss Carthago Chic S plus left this morning but we have returned to find that we have been eclipsed by a Concorde Diamond Liner - it’s ginormous!
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Lunch today on the seafront. 2 Avocado & Prawn starters followed by Swordfish for M and Sole for me. All delicious!
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I do like swordfish
Some good food there....
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Just been to empty the loo cassette and it’s a “Camper Clean” cassette emptying machine. Tugged it all the way up there to find it’s a machine and you need €2 every time to empty the cassette. There is only one on the whole campsite! On top of being denied ACSI discount this site has already put us off from ever coming again as, as far as I can see, there is only one grey water emptying point. The site fees are €192 for a week so €6 per night dearer than Mazarron with dire facilities in comparison. Not recommended and I have said so in their feedback form already!
I find those machines convenient and practical, but just to use it occasionally, not on a standard basis.
I want to believe it gives a good clean...
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I have been speaking to the Concorde guy next door and whilst from Belgium, used to live here and has come back to visit friends. As a former campsite owner he is appalled at the indifference the site has shown him just because he has a big van. His wife has washer dryer envy of our little mini whirly dryer! She has a full sized washing machine but has no waste to plug in to so can’t use it!
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We are both quietly and discreetly dribbling our grey water as the Motorhome dump area can’t accommodate our vans due to staff cars parked in the way and they won’t move them and I don’t think it’s a long enough drive in/reverse out bay anyway!
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To stop being completely negative about the site we had brunch in Mario’s on site this morning. What looks a bit ramshackle is actually a delightful cafe/snack bar and we both had lovely coffees and M had a baguette with freshly grilled hot chicken and salad and I had Tuna & Anchovy and salad baguette and neither could have been fresher or more delicious!
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I think there are quite a large number of permanent residents here and quite a few Brits.
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I always hope for a large concord or morelo to park sunny side for the shade but it never happens .
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The port has a population of less than 15k residents whilst 'Mazarron' as a whole is around 34k & that includes the port. In July & August it swells to just under 300k & that is mainly the port down to Bolneuvo & up around towards La Azohia.
If you think that is bad don't fly in to Almeria airport & look down. It covers 000's of kilometres.
Four slices, they are an easy six or even eight slice Danish!
I buy it far too regularly.
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That’s probably why we are both overweight but I enjoy my food, all food! M tries to fight the calories but often loses!Four slices, they are an easy six or even eight slice Danish!
I buy it far too regularly.
Our first stop after landing at Santander was Palencia, nice town with a good Aire.
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There is a lovely boardwalk at the back of the beach from Puerto Cabopino along the coast to the East. We have 2 good walks in the sunshine doing about 12kms including return. Some nice seafront properties and the odd plot if you have a few €b to spare.
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We passed these in a hedge yesterday - decorations made out of long leaves of grass.
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Tonight we ate out at the Italian Restaurant on site but it also attracts lots from outside. It’s called Da Bruno and it’s Capabopino site is only one of three. It’s definitely high end!
M had Avocado & Prawn cocktail to start followed by homemade pear ravioli in a Gorgonzola and walnut sauce. I had lobster soup followed by seafood risotto and a bottle of house red which was Bela 3Stars. M was stuffed and could not manage a sweet but I had meringues with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
M had Avocado & Prawn cocktail to start followed by homemade pear ravioli in a Gorgonzola and walnut sauce. I had lobster soup followed by seafood risotto and a bottle of house red which was Bela 3Stars. M was stuffed and could not manage a sweet but I had meringues with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Mr porky
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Looks lovely
We stayed on Cabopino at the start of our trip and were also disappointed. You didn’t have to use the €2 toilet machine. There was a normal free option.
The weather wasn’t good to start with and we were stuck on a shady pitch. We’d prebooked as we’d been worried about nowhere to stay.
There’s just nowhere to wander other than the boardwalk. We’re keen walkers. No old town.
Agree about de Bruno restaurant and Mario’s.
That was where we were when we cancelled Portugal as the forecast was so horrendous for the next 2 weeks , wet, windy and 11 degrees and headed East!
At least we can now borrow your photos to show the family what it could look like!
The weather wasn’t good to start with and we were stuck on a shady pitch. We’d prebooked as we’d been worried about nowhere to stay.
There’s just nowhere to wander other than the boardwalk. We’re keen walkers. No old town.
Agree about de Bruno restaurant and Mario’s.
That was where we were when we cancelled Portugal as the forecast was so horrendous for the next 2 weeks , wet, windy and 11 degrees and headed East!
At least we can now borrow your photos to show the family what it could look like!
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