14th June

14^th June

After 4 great nights at Llafranc we decided to move on to Pals. Our final night at Kims Camping was spent in the bar watching the world cup opener between Brazil and Croatia.

We got talking to an older couple from Northern Ireland who’d been coming to this site for the last 32 years!

The next day (13^TH) we drove the 13 miles to Camping Interpals where we were surprised to find that it was a very good site. The guy on reception was extremely friendly and from Uruguay so we had a discussion about Louis Suarez and how good he was. He then offered us “the best pitch on the site with a sea view and a cool breeze”. When we got there it was as good as he’d said. It was now getting uncomfortably hot so we headed to the beach only to find the sea breeze rather hot as well. Walking barefoot on the scorching sand was impossible, so it was down to frequent dips in the sea.

That night we went for a meal and dressed in my orange t- shirt we went to watch the Spain Holland match. The bar has about 3 large TV’s and a giant 4 x 4 metre screen, excellent quality on the giant screen. As usual the site bar was full of orange with many of the Dutch surprised to see an Englishman supporting Holland. I explained that it was due to Liverpools links with Dutch players like Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel ( the disappointing 12 million pound wonder kid). I asked what ever happened to Babel and everyone in the bar was asking each other and scratching their heads…..nobody could remember him although a woman thought he’d “disappeared into the mist”. A great 5 – 1 result for Holland, a good match and great atmosphere. Today 14^th Barbara decided to get up at 7am and do some washing……………does she understand that Englands game is on at midnight?

Last night when watching the footy a Dutchman warned us that two caravans had been broken into in the afternoon.  We put up the two photies of ‘our’ Rottweiler in the windows and put the sounds of a dog growling and whining on a continuous loop through the mini music player.  This was so convincing that when we got down to the beach Barbara became restless and worried in case the ‘dog’ got too hot in the van!!

Pitch at Kims Camping.

Kims Camping Pool.

A rare event, Barb swimming in sea...it must have been warm.