New Brakes and the like

Set off early this morning from Dos Hermanas back to Jerez. The Gamin was programmed to get us there by the quickest route and yet again we found ourselves on the worst road ever - it looked as though it had been hit by an earthquake, driving along it was a nightmare, eventually it came to an end and we arrived at the garage 45 minutes after the appointed hour. Herman was left in the capable handes of the garage mechanics and we strolled towards the town, 15 minutes down the road we came to Hipercor - fantastic - had breakfast (highly recommended!!) then looked around the store at all the wonderful things I couldn't afford to buy, 3 hours later we were back at the garage and took the reigns of Herman once again and set off back towards Sevilla - Dieter 520 euros lighter in his pocket - we went to a Hymer dealer to purchase a couple of spare parts at least this time there was a lot less damage to Dieter's pocket. Eventually we set off towards Portugal, Garmin was once again programmed  and once again it took us down an even more disasterous road - Mal estado - was becoming part of our every day vocabulary and the Garmin is going to take flying lessons!! never again will I trust that thing. We arrived in Mazagon , a beautiful coastal town, anyone thinking of a holiday on the Atlantic Coast could not do better than this town. Supper was taken at a lovely Spanish bar, so good that these people only speak their own language, so our our Spanish skills as well as our miming skills are rapidly improving. Night time found us in woodland just on the edge of town .

Morning broke with the sound of raindrops - first time on our trip and the air is nice and cool, but as I am writing the sun is breaking through and enveloping us once again in her warm embrace. We are now driving through Huelva - not a pretty place at all - despite all it's historical connections we have decided not to stop here. Watch this space and I will let you know what happens. When we do arrive in Portugal it may be that the blog will take a rest for a few days as we do not have a dongle for Portugal and so will pick the blog back up when we return to Spain.