STRESSED out in Salou: Motorhome Adventures in Spain
how you feeling now you got out of there feel a lot better it's just the um obviously I've got it in there um so I know I was getting it out ah they they're saying if you went into that one and come in oh right for them put the wood on there Good Morning hello everyone good morning so that's us done here at this site in I think it's Clara camping and Bungalows yes um so we've just been and paid for this and we didn't say it properly on the last Vlog but it cost me £78 for well cost us £78 for the two nights which is not too bad is it it's not too bad, no you know you're right on the beach here which is great and that's um the benefit of this location I think so now we've got the tasking before we head off to our next destination which we're going to Salou aren't we we're going to Salou yes to a campsite called La Siesta which we're going for 7 nights um I'm we going to show you around Salou and what you can do there um it's a bit more of a tourist spot um but we wanted to go and check it out yes definitely um so we're going to go there but first of all we have got a challenge um and the owner is coming back to give us a hand but it's to get off here so um as you can see we've got the tree at the front there and we've got this one at the back so it doesn't leave Lee much space to reverse there at all if any so it's going to have to lock it hard right as he said um and get it out from where this is here and just pull it round through here so um yeah so we'll see how that goes well I'm here these are the little bungalows that you can hire out actually they look pretty good um they've got like a little balcony area on the front and then you get all this Garden space as well which is quite good um and there's some more of them just behind where we've been parked so it's quite a variety of different accommodations and plots you can have on here it's the wing mirror ooh it's close that tree we're well away from that one oh well done that's very good now it's clear up there look just going to reverse him up a bit Loads of room loads of room yeah perfect you want me in let's go that was Bloody good he did Bloody well how you feeling now you got out of there feel a lot better it's it's just the um obviously I got it in there um so I know I was getting it out but yeah it's just a bit of the nerves making sure you don't um knock the van I suppose but um now I'm out I'm all right yeah that man's used to it he was well I'll show you the video back later you'll be impressed [Music] we've had to rely on Google Maps cuz the coordinates took us past it and we are in some tight streets cuz of Google Maps but it's just a left here there we go La Siesta Salou Resort and camping it's quite open now darling who watch that lady yep so it does look a bit of a tight squeeze to get in but you can do it in our size motorhome behind that one over there darling I think right there was only a couple of tight roads but it's like a city isn't it driving around when you yeah basically what happened was we got the coordinates in and we just drove past it and there was no signage or it just said it was there um and then when I put the Google maps onto the actual place name obviously then it's just think sure a car so we ended up going down some narrow streets but I think that is the only way you can get in looking at it it probably is the only way you can get in you know it's not so bad you got cars parked either side it's just when you get the cars that don't park properly and their sticking their nose out um but we got through if I was in a Bailey autograph or something like that I probably wouldn't have got through it would have been a bit tight you would have had to put your wing mirrors in I think yeah definitely but there's a gentleman security guy uh he just takes your name just tells you to wait here in this queue and then someone's going to take us there we're at 221 and there's a lady on a bike that just went up there just up there darling um you sure your destination is on the left where has she gone she's gone she definitely went up here we're 221 she said got to do it on my own I can't get on that, not with the ramps well she says keep going no that's it I can't how you get on there ramp bit there um hello yeah get it's just this bit we're woring about he needs more angle doesn't he needs forward more I think there's a tree here you've got a big tree behind you it needs to be forward more you you your angle needs to okay um you can't go you're going to hit the tree if you keep going backwards like that ah Le they're saying if you went into that one and come in oh right them so put the wood on there and you yeah that'd be better wouldn't it yeah okay I'm going to go forward we're still trying to get on this pitch I think he's going to come up yes he's going to put the wood in the hole yes yeah you all right there darling we're just having to move that and then oh look some people are very friendly thank you uh I think you are right there jump out and have a look I'm I'm filming myself and not you I think I've been filming myself that whole time I'm sweating right we're eventually in we've got the wood there come in this angle and has eventually got in out of one tight pitch into another awkward one but I'll tell you what I prefer the other one I'm honest I seem to trust the guy more he knew how to get people in and off the pitch on this one it weren't so much the pitch you see I'm sweating with stress but um it weren't so much the pitch it was the irrigation ditch they've got just in front of the pitch now without the wood I would have definitely taken off the fresh water so yeah to be fair you had a lot of people helping though yes a lot of people help trying to help which is really nice now I need a cerveza definitely here's a beer daring for your hard work getting off one pitch onto another yeah they can get tight it's them bloody trees quite a big site this one um we are on Pitch 221 which is here so the reception is just here so we come in off that tight Road here into here um and then we've just driven up here and part 221 um there's like a little alleye that goes up to the toilets it's got all your disposal um washing machines shower blocks Etc and it looks like all the water parks are up here so we're going to have a little look around later and these are all the chalets or bungalows that um I think is the main sort of accommodation people book here cuz you can have half board full board as well so next morning and so we arrived yesterday so just after lunchtime ish um cuz you can't arrive here till 12:00 on this site um it's called if I haven't always said it's called La Siesta um I think it's camping and Bungalows again or something like that I can't fully remember I'll put it we'll put it on here um yeah it's quite it's not a bad sight actually and it's quite shaded where we are and the heat came down a little bit last night so we finally got a good night's sleep we went out for food um we found a restaurant in Salou went for something to eat it's only a 5 minute walk to anything really and there's a supermarket on here but it's only a smallish one um we found another Supermarket just outside of the campsite really went there and got some bits um yeah so so far we're enjoying it so we've got seven nights here um we are going to be doing a couple of days out which will'll take you with us and show you what we're doing we're not 100% decided what and when yeah but we will be um here's Lee morning everyone what we doing today going to the beach yeah so the beach then a cooked breakfast I don't know if Jodie's mentioned that but I want a English breakfast it's been a week now and that's uh that's all that's on my mind well Salou is a place where you can do that it is so I'm looking forward to that um it's nice to have all the Spanish food and stuff like that but sometimes it's nice to just go back to your roots and have an English breakfast there's a couple of tents there um another motorhome and if I show you out the front that's cuz we have got to park sideways on here the only thing I would say about this site is cuz it's very green um you do get a lot of flies and um mosquitoes and stuff like that it's more the little midges the little ones the annoying ones at least the big ones you can see and they pack A- punch when they bite but it's the little ones you don't really notice until you get a bite so the reason one of the reasons we going to the beach as well and not using the pool is a pools get very busy so there is five pools but they're they were packed weren't they yesterday so we're going to go to the beach instead get a lounger and just stay there for a few hours just a quick one while we're empty the waste does anyone else have this problem so it says 100 there's no way we could have 100% in the waste Lee's been emptying it out a little bit um he's just through here and down there is where you can attach a hose our hose doesn't reach so he's having to use a bucket um but every time he's emptied it a few times already but it's still saying 100 how you getting on yeah getting eaten alive you're getting eaten alive yeah you've got my spray on now haven't you yeah so um yeah just round near them bushes I think all over there so have you managed to empty some of it out yeah I have all of it but still showing 100% all of it you've done all of it wow hopefully that'll change in a minute then well that's what I'm saying I've used that um tank Buster thing um which is like a chemical you can put in it's meant to sort out sensors obviously it's made them worse I think anyone else have this problem and how have you fixed it if you managed to fix it right we're now on what day are we on today Tuesday Tuesday yes Tuesday we got here on Sunday and we're leaving next Sunday morning yeah um so on Tuesday we had some really really hot days um we did have a beach day like I mentioned yesterday um and then we went out for something to eat in the evening didn't we we did not much to film for you we are finding it very difficult to film on this site cuz it's so busy so we're having to find either a really quiet time that's going to be first thing in the morning which they don't seem to be a quiet time um quiet time here is 12: midnight till 7:00 um but it is more of a party site there is plenty of families on here don't get me wrong and people that stay here for a long time but it's quite an active site swimming pools are always busy um yeah so it's a busy site hard to film we will try to throughout the Vlog if we can if we can't then that is why um but we've just been I mean it's like it's 3:00 now in the afternoon um it's been raining all morning so we're only just getting chance now to go out aren we yes we are yeah the rain stopped now um give me a chance to wipe down the van a bit anyway cuz that's been getting Dusty and yeah we're going to go go out and explore a little bit more of Salou trust him when it starts raining he washes the van well free water is it easy now so I'm going to um well we're going to we're going to go out now into Salou you can see in there where it's been puddles where it's been running you can see it's very green sort of area and we are parked just down that lane there um up there is the pools and the entertainment and everything and this is the way we came in and the reception area yeah that's the reception just in the distance there this is the entrance just here um and all we have to do to get onto the main Beach is just cross over down the little paths the little windy roads should I say um straight down these roads um and this just takes ya all the way down onto the beach there is this restaurant just down from the campsite which the campsite recommend but we've not tried it yet looks like it does have some things we would like in it but it's it's primarily fish food fish food Seafood um but it looks really nice and this is where it opens up onto the seafront so we're just going to take you bit further near the beach and along a walk along the seafront area it's quite busy on the main walkway it's quite pretty quite a pretty seafront promenade this is a lovely Beach they've got loungers just up there where you can see and yesterday we was on loungers over there it's a very different sight to yesterday when we were down isn't it it is yeah so yesterday this beach was absolutely packed rammed it was it was good um sun was out so you can imagine we got a big inflatable thing there and from the center bit here they rent out all the paddle boats and the jet skis and everything like that so you can get all that from the center every one of these that has the um lilos and um stuff that you can rent out they're actually €25 each which is quite expensive um for two that's a two-pack with a parasol and they all have a bar as well um so yeah you can use the bar obviously you're paying for what you have but uh and they're dotted along all this Coastline um but it's really good um when you're getting in the water that's really warm as well and there's no shells or nothing on your bottom of your feet it's just pure soft sand lovely so one benefit from it been raining I've been able to come down and film the beach for you so this was heaving yesterday and it would have been a bit more difficult that's the name of the beach up there yeah you got all the information you need there don't walk in them puddles in your flip-flops [Music] they do have parking on the seafront however I don't think you get a motor home on here but there is a camper van just pulled up over there actually that was a motorhome that's got in there but it looks like a 6 M yeah it's a small one yeah so you can get your motorhomes in there yeah don't know how much it costs though no if it costs at all not sure couldn't see any signs for it [Music] um all the shops and everything are just up that way um on the the side of this Fountain over here big Fountain I haven't seen it lit up though I thought it was meant to light up it does on the night time been down here of an evening I didn't see it then maybe I was just not looking and blind I'm sure it was little up when I come down with you so just see this next to the Fountain actually um it's got a game of pumps it says water pumped um but illuminates and does a light show with music and stuff like that that's quite good must be similar to one in Barcelona then yeah possibly so different events just do different light shows with it there are 210 different combinations of Water and Light nice police bikes there is um there is plenty of police presence down here and it does feel quite safe unlike some other areas you can go to it's quite built up but here does feel more family-orientated in Salou and it does say when you Google it doesn't it that the council and the police work quite well together in this area yeah yeah so this is another part of the strip this part here is on the actual seafront and you have got people swimming again now the rain clouds have started to disappear [Music] let's go and check what that is you got a few of the hotels in this area they're not just here there's a lot dotted around all over Salou but there's quite a few clustered here and you got a lot of restaurants along this bit and bars there tends to be more restaurants though around here not as many bars and such but people do go in for just a drink it's like a mini peer thing or something is it yeah Lee huh looks like a mini Pier or something yeah I think it's a walkway that goes around right okay it's just in Spanish it is but I'm looking at it as if it's if it's a certain walk so you can probably walk around the coast there I reckon what an hour and 47 what for El Raco that says and then there's another one Baran decent pay and that's 35 minutes would you say yeah I'm wondering if it's cycling though it looks quite far okay I don't know it might I might be wrong some viewing points oh and you got the Salou sign just over here so Lee's going in for the photograph see if we can get in do you want to take one of me you can hold the camera can you do both yeah oh I'll do it I'll do it from this shot so I'll just be what you want me on here right that's the photograph's done yeah very busy around that sign difficult to get a picture in we follow this path and does the path this path take us all the way around then well I think so you have to come back up ah right okay around a bit more and then you can go back down on this half thing put on the edge we got some King we'll have to find out who he is and if we do we'll drop it down on the side for you and then uh down here we've got are yeah I'm not too sure either looks like they're just playing with the boats in the Rocks maybe the rock pools it's quite a nice touch them isn't it it is yeah again so you can see this walkway going all the way around there so wherever there's no footpath they've created one I think it goes all the way up over that point yeah how still the water is here though considering we just had Thunder probably a few hours ago now and now look at it as calm as anything yeah this is a little cove bit yeah we see some people fishing here yesterday cuz you can't fish around the corner so they all fishing here The Rock's very interesting isn't it we can see the different layers of over time yeah there's some steps there and I think that might go up to one the hotels maybe up there got another coved type of coved area i' say mainly rocks there's an anchor with a plaque on it does that feel safe enough for you Lee yeah right he says gripping on well I'm just trying to see if there's any fish it's quite clear so if there was I did see some earlier down but you can't really see anything yes it does bring you out to another Beach so I'm quite happy to go and have a look at you yeah we should probably get to the town by here yeah you can I think I know which one it is looks like this has been held on by rocks doesn't it it do it is look got the different stone in there clay stone all sorts I've been in their years is saring away like a sand Stone stuff definitely no fishing not with hooks anyway so we believe we can just come out of here at some point and head up the town there is some steps up there yeah which might be the way up yeah just over there in the distance there's some steps we'll try them so this must be the second Beach I think there's three dotted around this Coastline for this area anyway so we found this street to walk up instead cuz we think the steps take us into a an area we don't want to be in so this leads up to the hotels we got loads of these types of shops started around I think this is the way back down now to the main area so what I wanted to do is I come here and about 1998 with my dad um and we stayed at one of the hotels up here and I'm just seeing if I can find the hotel and also if I remember the area around there cuz there was some nice restaurants and bars and stuff right so if we can't we can't but I'm giving it a go so this one here this one of them over there was Where I Stood very good memory l right down here then I know definite so as you can see behind us you got all these Works getting done at the moment so let's runs down that whole main strip in Salo and so the center's pretty much out of bounds and you got the foot paths left and right of that um so it can get quite busy on that squashed in but yeah you still got all the bars uh to the both sides of it and they're all still open and running I think this used to be an a road going through years and years ago like I said I'm not sure um and now they're making it into a Precinct are I think yeah it carries on going all the way down there back down to the uh seafront so we got wild sweets XL here size of these look at that relish big [Music] skulls kids dreaming there look at the goob Stoppers size a cricket ball that macarons oh yeah but yeah if you like sweets they've always got plenty of these what the strawberries one of me five a day right there so I can have two of them three bananas and I'm goodar that's it's quite a Posh Restaurant is it um we're on the hunt for some towel I'll explain why later long road now back down to the seafront gets quite busy this area and that bar over there called kiss used to be a bar that I used to drink in I think it's more of a nightclub now CU back in 1998 it was a fun Pub like karaoke Pub all sorts seems to be more night club than now it's like it's an Adventure Park further up 100 m all the things you like doing yeah hanging jumping playing golf getting on one KNE it's like a big Park area oh god I've never seen kids so excited to go to the [Music] gym they're off to work out that's mint you come out the other side of the park that's when you see it so it's just there which is the Bosque Adventurer in paint barin zip lining I think that is archery um trampolining I think that's what's in there mini golf as well it's we love to have a look at that one day fancier mini golf yeah can be I think I've seen a couple of mini golf horses around this is is going on to the seafront we got lots of shops two places and bars well the cup restaurants more than bars managed to get some towels big beach towels but with the proper material not that lsy stuff yeah they did F fiber which good which I don't mind but you know I prefer the poer power material ones they don't dry you properly do they I don't feel like they do now so we're going to we're going this way yeah come on then let's go so we're going to go back now and catch you back at the van so if you're wanting to get your bearings and knowing where to get to the campsite how to get to the campsite from on the seafront you just walk past the McDonald's and Burger King first up where the central games is next to the cafeteria there um and we're just up again on the main drag back to the campsite yes that's right well that's us back at the van now so we've had a nice walk around Salo it's been a lot quieter than most days when the Sun's shining it gets very busy however it's still very busy of an area um and if you are walking around you to expect that there's loads of restaurants and that that you've seen and bars and stuff like that and the little sort of shops that you can buy all your little I suppose souvenir things from but yeah so Jody uh we got some towels and she explain why we needed them the reason were looking for towels or out and about is because I only brought half of towels with us we've got the beach towels um but they're not the greatest material for for us for dry ourselves so we've got some big ones now that pop a towel in so at least we've got something we couldn't find the proper ones in the shops but we got some decent ones so that'll be all right so that's why we were looking so I forgot them um but it's been good this cuz I've had a look around uh memory Lan from where 1998 things have changed massively um but it's good to have a look around and show you where I've been before when I've been here yeah um so we're going to take it to Barcelona uh which would have been nice but we've both been before anyway and it's going to be really hard to Vlog as it's busy enough out there as it is now and quite difficult um so the amount of stuff Barcelona has to offer won't be able to get around it in the time we have so we're going to leave that this time uh maybe in the future we'll have some more time around that area and do it justice but we won't do it justice in that small time yeah so whatever we decide to do we'll take with us and on that note then thank you for everyone that subscribed and supports the channel and we will catch you on the next one so until then bye adios [Music]
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