Andrés had mentioned that during Semana Santa (Easter week) it usually rained in Andalusia, much to the disappointment of those who spent the last sux months preparing for the parades. And boy, what a difference a week makes. After having weeks of no rain and temperatures ranging around 22C to 25C, this week it is cloudy, rainy and, most annoyingly for bikers, windy in the wrong direction.
Another frustration for me is that it is proving difficult to find hosts, or even cheap hostels. Everyone is on holidays and this means no time or space to help the weary traveller.
All this means that I am spending a few nights wild camping near Jerez. It is a golden rule of wild camping to stay only one night, so as to not be discovered or disturb anyone. However, this is the best spot I have found this trip... secluded, grassy, flat, quiet and only 2km from the nearest village, La Barca de la Florida.
Due to the torrential downpour one night, I wake to find my tent's floor immersed in a spontaneous pond. Such are the delights of camping sometimes.
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