Safe Return Doubtful

Day 10 – at Albarracin Rain was forecast for today and it was also the local holiday, that of the patron Saint of Albarracin. The school had been closed yesterday also, and there was some festivity with music and kids dancing at the main square. With the rain forecast everyone…

Day 9 – to Albarracin I was in Teruel to check out a warning light for the engine. It occurred Friday, so fortunately I was close to a city and a Volkswagen specialist. I had sent them an email and had a reply to bring it today, which, despite it…

Day 8 – to Teruel There were more people around today, but still very quiet. Quite a few cyclists taking advantage of the excellent road surface for the climb of almost 1000 metres from Alcala, and families out for a cooler picnic spot. At first I was concerned about my…

Day 7 – at Valdelinares For the next couple of weeks, could be more, I am in the Montañas Vacías, or Empty Mountains. The area, the Serranía Celtibérica, also has the nickname, the Spanish Lapland, with territories belonging to 10 Spanish provinces, in all, 13% of the total area of…

Day 6 – At Valdelinares A morning hike up the nearby Peñarroya peak, the highest in the area at 2028 metres. The van rested today, up here at 1850 metres. The odd vehicle passes on the road a kilometre or so away, but otherwise it’s silent except for the odd…

Day 5 – To Valdelinares Thursday 9th September Just the two years I’ve been with a campervan and always trying to find the perfect stopover place. A couple of times I’ve got close, but last night is the best so far, pretty much perfect. From leaving the river yesterday mid-afternoon…

Day 4 – To Col d’Ares A relaxing morning getting the blog up to date, and reading The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato. The site had been good. After dark the place comes into its own. The flies bed down for the night, the sky is striking, and the bar and…

Day 3 – To Castissent From Limoges to Toulouse, to Saint Gaudens, then over the Pyrenees to Vielha. I was in Vielha last year. I stayed 3 days in a mountain village just outside as the first winter storm came through. It was 4C and the snow level was where…

Days 1 & 2 – Home to Norfolk to Bessines-sur-Gartempe 5th and 6th September Drove south on a Sunday which meant lighter traffic on the A66 to Scotch Corner, but once off the the motorway at Newark it was pretty slow with weekend trippers. Having said that, I was 10…