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Indeed, many Spanish campsites don't accept reservations (let apart big campsites in the mediterranean coast). Probably, the only thing you will be able to do is to phone them from Portsmouth and ask if there will be room for you and your friends on the arrival.

And this is not only Playa Joyel's policy. Apart from the huge campsites, european tourist-oriented, in the med coast, it's not very usual for us to book when going out camping. Indeed, I am still amazed of seeing how you Britons reserve your pitch with a year of advance. We do that here with hotels or appartments at the beach, but rarely with campsites.

But don't panic about that. Be aware that camping among Spaniards is by far much less popular than in Britain, so it's quite unlikely that campsites run out of places - mainly in this area, where foreign turists don't use to venture in (except Dutchs, of course). Even if a site is full, probably they will have a free pitch in one or two days (better to avoid arriving on Friday). And in the worst case, there are many campsites in the area, so you will have place in one or another.

Anyway, phone the campsite and ask the people there. Surely they speak english.