Awaycation Autumn 2024 - The Way Home?

I have had a few days off from planning this trip as there were other things to look into. The rear bumper fix for Molly being one of them - more on that elsewhere on this blog.

So whilst I was playing with Max (the TomTom Go Camper Max satnav/GPS) I decided to let her/him/they calculate a return journey from Alcoceber/Alcossebre with the dimensions slightly altered to make the van wider.

If you have read the earlier blog about the journey to Invicta Caravan Services you will get an idea how even the best laid plans can be ruined by Google having the wrong information in their Maps application!

Also the roads chosen by TomTom were too narrow for Molly to pass trucks and buses safely without one (usually me as truck drivers know that their size and weight always wins!) of us diving to the left to avoid contact. A problem I need to address and quickly.

On the summer trip in May we started coming north from Valencia. This time Alcoceber is around 110kms to the north of Valencia. The route though looks pretty much like the one we did on the way back in May. The non-toll route goes over the Somport crossing and maybe this time we will stay on the aire at Canfranc Station.

We have five nights to travel along this route or one very much like it. On one of the days we need to fit in a vet's visit to get Reggie his worming and passport filled in. I am thinking a Cavignac for that. We have been there before and the village has a free aire about a kilometre from the vet's surgery. Something to consider.

This is a work in progress... I'll work on this as we get nearer to the date we leave.

This is part of the route as far as Cavignac and the vet's office.

One of the successes of having Max is that it is larger than the Ohrex. It's updated by WiFi at home and also gets traffic updates by being Bluetooth tethered to my phone. I just have to remember to turn that on when I switch my phone on. If anyone knows how to make it automatic on an Android phone then let me know! I turn my phone off at night and back on again in the morning. In case of an emergency we still have the landline at home....

Another success is that TomTom Plans syncs with the unit across the wifi and bluetooth connection. So I can plan something and send it to Max.