{"id":2285,"date":"2022-01-24T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deasydoesit.co.uk\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:49:16","slug":"tarifa-los-canos-de-meca-cadiz-and-getting-a-covid-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deasydoesit.co.uk\/?p=2285","title":{"rendered":"Tarifa, Los Ca\u00f1os de Meca, Cadiz and getting a Covid booster"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We left Marbella to head to the furthest point South in Continental Europe.\u00a0 We decided to skip Gibraltar on this trip as the weather had turned.\u00a0 As we drove over the hills we found ourselves in very low cloud, with very poor visibility.<\/p>

We arrived in Tarifa to torrential rain and a warning for 80 km\/h winds\u00a0 The Aire where we were going to stay looked like a very wet stony car park and the services were closed.<\/p>

There was a short break in the rain so we decided to venture out.\u00a0 After a couple of minutes the rain was back and we got absolutely soaked.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After a quick stop in the shop for some bread, we headed back to the van to dry off.\u00a0 At this point we both agreed to leave Tarifa for another trip.<\/p>

Next on the list was Los Ca\u00f1os de Meca just 40 miles along the coast.\u00a0 The rain had now stopped and we were a little bit more sheltered from the 80 km\/h winds, great for kite surfing, not so great for a large sided motorhome.\u00a0 The Aire was closed so we parked up on the side of the road to have a coffee and think about staying or going on to the next planned stop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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There were a couple of car parks but one was full and the other had a height barrier on it.\u00a0 There were lots of vans parked up although most of them seemed to belong to the kite surfers who were out on the sea. We wandered down to the beach to watch. \u00a0It was an incredible sight, the wind was high and the waves big, the kites were flying high in the sky.\u00a0 I think this sport is not for the faint hearted!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It was starting to get late so we needed to decide if we were going to stay.\u00a0 Looking at the map Cadiz was only 36 miles away, about an hours drive.\u00a0 Sunset was in an hour so we made a run for it.<\/p>

Arriving in Cadiz we had two sat navs running but neither of them could direct us to the Aire at the port.\u00a0 We drove all the way through the town but couldn’t find the road.\u00a0 We had seen some motorhomes parked on a small road that ran parallel to the main road entering Cadiz. As it was now late and dark, we headed there for the night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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It was not the best park up we have had, as the main road was very noisy.\u00a0<\/p>

We woke early the next morning and walked into town.\u00a0 We had seen that they had a drop in centre were you could get a covid booster.\u00a0 Our last vaccination was in June and as most of Europe were now insisting on travellers having a vaccine within 270 days ours were running out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We queued for about half an hour at the centre but when we got to the front we were told we had to register at the health centre first.\u00a0 So off we went.\u00a0 It was a challenge as our Spanish is not very good and the person at the centre didn’t speak any English.\u00a0 Still, with the help of google translate, we managed to get a temporary registration number.<\/p>

With this in our hands we headed back to the drop in centre and received our booster.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Feeling elated that we had managed to do this as it meant we could continue our journey, we walked down to the beach to have a coffee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

The beach in Cadiz took my breath away.\u00a0 It has the softest sand we have encountered so far, and was extremely clean.\u00a0 It stretches for miles.\u00a0 It was still really windy and you could see the sand being blown around.<\/p>

We found a lovely restaurant on the beach where we sat inside for lunch.\u00a0 No wine this time though as we decided to move on to somewhere a bit quieter for the night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marbella to Tarifa<\/p>

Mileage 71<\/p>

Route A-7<\/p>

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Tarifa to Los Ca\u00f1os de Meca<\/p>

Mileage 40<\/p>

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Los Ca\u00f1os de Meca to Cadiz<\/p>

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