Hurrican strikes Gibralta!

I spent the night laying awake listening to the winds building and the Van' rocking and creaking as the gusts increased in force. By 3.00am I had to go outside in my birthday suit and rescue shoes and chairs that had been left outside as well as turning over tables and wedging anything else under the Van'. 
In the morning the sky was darkened by the sand being blown into a Mistral wind blowing over from the African Continent. We decided that in the circumstance a few more facilities including an indoor pool would be useful if the weather was less than perfect so we packed up and headed for a site I had found near Marbella with a Heated indoor pool and warmish outdoor pool. 
We took the coast road and were immediately hit by the gale  force wind gusts catching the high sides of the Van' and lifting it off the suspension and in one case forcing me about 10 feet across the road towards the traffic coming in the other direction - very near miss.
The road between Cadiz & Marbella passed by the Tarifa Wind Farm -  serious winds blow over the Strait of Gibraltar area, for this reason Tarifa is both a paradise for wind surf, kite surf and wind farm turbines generating electricity. In today's case the winds had gone totally ballistic and the climb over the mountain pass was genuinely terrifying as stopping was not an option and the gusts were close to blowing us over the edge.
After we passed the Rock of Gibraltar the winds started to calm down to just storm force and we headed along the A7 to Marbella and then onto Cabopino Camping.

We have pitched at the top of a row on a high terrace with sea views and have already used the brand new and fabulous indoor pool (very warm) and the Restaurant and facilities look 5*. Its a short walk to the beach and/or shops and it looks like we will stay here for at least a week as it a great site.

More pictures tomorrow when we have looked around and checked out the beach etc....