Well here we are, 5 miles from the Spanish Border and about 10 days earlier than we expected. It's been a much easier drive down than we'd thought and the places we've visited have all been really straightforward. As usual, I built in SNAFU breaks, but touch wood and plastic, things have gone great, so we are early.
This blog is a diary for us to read when we get home and even later on when we've forgotten everything, so, here's some stats so far.
We've driven 1,705 miles to get to the border.
The average fuel consumption has been 27.1 mpg
Average speed 39 mph
Total driving time 43 hours and 13 minutes
Total diesel bought 316 litres or 69.5 gallons
Total cost of diesel 463 euros or £387
All thanks to the on board trip computer. Damn clever these Germans!!!
Funny thing. We were waiting at the reception of this campsite earlier today and a guy walks in, also to check in. We looked at each other and in halting, German, Franglish, realised that we had spoken to each other on a campsite a week ago, North of Bordeaux! Now I know it's a small world, but come on. What's the chances of that happening!!!!
The weather has taken a turn for the worse and today, we are mainly sitting in the van drinking wine and watching rain. However, tomorrow, we will be in Logrono, Spain, the capital of the Tapas. It's 26 deg C there at the moment and getting warmer as the week goes on.
It's also my dad's birthday tomorrow, 18th, so here's a Happy Birthday dad, if you ever get round to reading this.
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