looking good+++weather looks good too, looks like last weekend was our summer up here, gone very autumnal this weekend, got the heating back on again:(

Hi Manny,
Great to hear you did the trip to the Costa del Sol again and arrived safely.
I'm still in Estepona if you fancy meeting up for a drink or two. My Spanish phone Nos is 0034663266603. We could meet in The Irish Fiddler in the port. The only day its not open is Mondays. Hope to catch up with you while your here.
David +++

David,

Trouble is this year I am at the other end of the Costa.

Went out today, poor car is taking a battering on the track that accesses the villa.

Today all three of the front lower grills have popped out due to having to ground the front bumper at two spots on the track. However I have only recovered two of them, and they are now tucked up in the boot. When I get back to the UK, I'll need to source a drivers side fog light grill to replace the one that is currently missing. I tried giving a good look at the track when we came back, but have not spotted it yet.

Quick update.

Weather for the last couple of days has not been that great for Spain, although from today onwards it should be business as usual.

Also, here is a short video showing the access track to the property from the passenger seat of my A8.

http://youtu.be/wvVJslefILI

Thanks for sharing. Death track.

Spain is great.

Weather is back to normal, went to Granada yesterday and the temp was just over 30c.

few quick pictures, nice countryside road. Drive for miles and not see a single car, and another couple of the car parked up.

Spain is beautiful

Still here in Spain, the A8 is doing a tremendous job of hacking us round some rather tiny narrow streets and steep gradients.

Tomorrow we start the long drive back to Dorset, not really looking forward to the cold weather compared to here.

Just before we set off in a few hours, here are some more pictures of the A8 from the last few days.

Location data is present in the pictures.

1) Just outside Torre Del Mar, at the Eroski Hypermarket.
2) On Gibraltar, listening to Radio Gibraltar on the RNS-D
3) Rincon De La Victoria, Underground car park (very common in Spain)
4) La Vinuela, which was the last place visited yesterday (Friday)

Most parking in Spain is underground, with very tight turns and small spaces. This one in Rincon De La Victoria was not to bad, but several we used meant folding mirrors etc. just to get into the space.

One thing I wont miss will be that access track to the Finca, the car has taken quiet a battering over the last 2 weeks of going up and down there. The video posted earlier does not show that the section before the video starts consists of 200 yards of almost 45 degree climb, with a hairpin bend 50 yards from the top on a concrete based surface.

how about what you spent on motorway tolls , and where you could avoid them ?