So this is the intended most direct route back to the grey skies of Britain and we have chosen a few stopovers from the trusted App
(Ignore the one near Castellion)
One big drive coming up!
A cursory glance at the weather suggests our first night is going to be a sticky one
A wall of heat greets us when we finally step out the van at Teruel
Bet its not like this back home....
Essential coolant
Next day a Devilish milestone is reached
This is Jaca near the border with France and quite a nice town
Our last Estrellas for a while
She's got her name in the stitching mags again and submits another photo in search of stardom!
A gift for Emilja & Richard
The Somport Tunnel hoves in to view and after around 8km...
France appears...
Just to re-enforce the point...
An Aire near Pau and a new strategy..
Travel while its hot then rest up a few hours and continue later on
There's a popular theory that even in a 'One horse town' there's always a bar next to a church
Not so in Villeneuve de Marsan. Saturday night spent on a very good free aire suggests that the ample sized town would be at least a little lively
Oh dear, how wrong can you be?
In line with most other villages and towns, the populous retreat behind their hedges in to their shuttered houses and wait for the early morning call to arms to go get fresh bread...
The Spanish would be out en masse at this time breathing life in to their community long in to the evening
Just Sayin'.....
Those dusty things called push bikes are pressed in to action one afternoon at St Denis les Ponts and we do a nice circular route in the heat of the day
Man made rain
A last chance to avail ourselves of the croissant addiction
We finally reach Bergues near to our next morning crossing from Dunkerque
A final chance to buy some overpriced beers
(No nibbles, no tapas)
Ahhhh, the joy of Britain
Having slated our homeland I, hypocritically decide I need a much missed fry up at a gaff in Stowmarket near to the CL where we stay for the next four days
Jeans (Christ what are they?) are donned and we are soon in action at Emilja & Richards' cooking the communal dinner and out exercising Lola
Super fun this...
I have to say we were worried at one stage that she was going to have a thrombo as she never stopped running after the balls we enthusiastically hurled for her
Next day in the lovely village of Woodbridge its 'Nails' time for Emilja whilst the rest of us go get refreshments including obligatory sausage rolls
A grown man with a milk shake?
Hope he puts up a better performance when I find my first real ale pub!
Classic England as we all would like to think it was..
A violin shop in a beautiful town with 'greeters' at the ready
There's one!
But this will do nicely to satiate my palate...
Here's another box ticked at an RV with Richard's Mum & Dad later at the Butt & Oyster at Pin Mill, Ipswich
Lovely views over the estuary and a chance to catch up with Suffolk goings on and of course those Adnams Ales..
Cheers!
