starvin marvin Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Geoff Tuckley - 2010-04-25 4:04 PM Thanks, pkc and neilmac, Will do that and hopefully be able to fit in a trip in the summer. Going to Spain again for the winter this year. (This retirement is so difficult) Thanks again Try free camping, we do it, not to save money but to be in better places than campsites. Just back from our winter trip, back we go in October, only 5 months to get the van sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilmac Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 If you have been following these posts or our blog you will already have gathered that we have had a great little journey, been to some fab places and enjoyed some great company with new friends. Our trip through Spain to Portugal did however have other aims and, in addition to the ubiquitous researching along the way for new sites or aires we were looking to complete the journey within the following guidelines: - the first to spend no more on housekeeping per day than our 'home' budget - the second to limit our diesel to our 'home' energy costs which includes electric, wood, gas, and water etc. - to have fun and experience what the southern areas of Spain and, fingers crossed Portugal, have to offer us. Typically we ate well and healthily, obviously any slip-ups we had in the way of cheese and biscuit 'dinners' resulted out of meeting some good company on our journey. We say shame on them for leading us astray! Using aires and free / wild camping meant that our 'stopping fees' were kept to a minimum although that is quite normal for us when travelling. We were away for 26 days and covered 1348 miles. Totaling all our receipts for diesel, propane, campsite costs (including laundry) and food, drink etc. we spent 528 Euro - had we been at home for the same period we would have spent 550 Euro. The end result is that we have come in under budget by a princely 22 Euro which is actually not bad at all. Our biggest extravagances along the way were a tank full of premium diesel by mistake and keeping the water fired up with gas when we had electric hook up at a campsite. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berti Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 hi neilmac just to say we have enjoyed following your trip....we have often wondered how the wild camping situation was at a different time of year... we have only ever visited spain/portugal in jan/feb/mar... we are jealous that you managed to lose some weight....we both put on 3kg *-) do you have a plan for your next trip ..... cheers berti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilmac Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 berti - 2010-05-04 9:28 AM do you have a plan for your next trip ..... cheers berti Thanks berti! Yep, planning right now - France for late June, July and early August :-D All on a budget of course! We'll be looking for new aires and places for our website and, of course, keeping our blog up to date.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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