Thanks for the replies & info i have passed it on to the person that is thinking of going there bertie

Hi all, does anyone have 1st hand knowledge of the current free camping situation in Portugal as we have heard so many 3rd hand stories about it being clamped down on thanks bertie in sunny La Manga

obviously not downloading the correct/ latest sets of poi's then. been going to spain for last 7 years without any problens and when we find somewhere new we just manually input gps reference for futu

Just buy a sat nav and download the aires campsites etc as poi's and just click on navigate to and there you are, most of the time anyway. Off on Thursday for a few weeks in the sun, hopefully, and sa

Hi, we sail from dover on 6th jan back on 5th april bertie

or N37.07717 W1.85023 , TomTom will accept any variety Bertie

Neill, we are usually there in late Jan / early Feb and the number there varies between 6 & 12. There is also another parking place just over the road which houses about another 20 vans or so but that

but what i can give is th gps ref N37.77580 W0.74260, this is for the free camping nr Km 17 at La Manga Bertie

I am sure it would be if only i knew how Bertie, still using nokia 3210 mobile phone

Morning Bernard, as you drive along the strip at La Manga there are a series of Km posts, roughly 1 Km apartso when people are free camping the tend to let "friends" know where they are by the Km numb

Thanks for info Bernard, La Manga is one of the places we got to most years, usually park up at Km 17 near the narrow bridge, gotta be the steepest hump back bridge in Europe, and whilst it is usually

Hi Bernard, where abouts in La Manga are you going to? Free camping or going on the site? We will be heading towards km 17 in a few weeks time Bertie

Yes, we were broken into as we slept about 20km from Calais. The quarterlight window was removed and they then opened the door and took what they wanted. Normally i would chain the doors together but

how do you time cash withdrawals carefully when interest is charged on them from the day you take the money out? bertie

Hi Andy, i applied in branch this week for the Clarity card and the "financial" person dealing said that it is the best credit card for using abroad as it doesn't incur any transaction charges if used

Hi Steve, no facilities other than parking. bertie

Hi Steve, the road name for parking in Oostende is Lependreef and it is next to the coach station & less than 400 metres from ferry terminal. Parking at Middlekerke is impossible to miss as you go alo

Hi, there is decidated m/home parking right in the centre of Oostende N 51deg 13.356 E 2deg 55.390 and though the signs say 24 hrs when we were there the majority of vans never moved BUT there are no

Hi, we were on a 24hr service station and parked virtually outside the entrance door to the shop.The 1/4 light window was cut out and they then opened the door to get in.it was partially MY fault for

Having been the victim of a break-in on a french motorway parking area, we were asleep in the van at the time, it is not somewhere i would suggest too people to overnight on. As far as the vicarious b