Saturday 4 August 2012

Update from Barcelona


Paris to Barcelona - No Problem

Three days of massive drives have brought us to the Spanish capital. Most days have been around 10hrs at between 5mph and 50mph!

Paris to Limoges - 550km

Massive thanks to Floriane and family and friends for looking after us and sending us on our ways with food and drink! Big drive to Limoges instead of Clemont Ferrand as it appears closer to Andorra! With the steering column now jacked up and bolted down its still almost inpossible to turn but no more time to investigate so we pressed on. Great map reading from Stu (with some notes from Floriane's Dad!) lead us straight there. Camping was closed and locked up so we got the got the code from some Dutch guys and let ourselves in!










 Limoges to Pas de la Cas -525km

Big drive - very hot - Sahara Winds - lots of hills so 20mph on Autoroutes - driivng on hard shoulder lots. Gears crunch in every gear so adjusted clutch but reckon the gearbox is just worn out.

 Big night in Brive!


 Pas de la Cas (Andorra) to Barcelona 250km

Massive hills - took 4 hours to cover less than 30 miles. 4mph top speed in first gear meant we were very popular with the other road users. Very hot - especially Spainish side.








 Barcelona - Amazing we have arrived a day early due to us counting the days wrong on the calendar when we planned the trip. However it is very welcomed as we have already had enough of being in the car! Car now struggles to start so will need to have a look at it - but first the beach!






 English abroad?



 The only thing we have actually overtaken - except for the cyclists on the mountain, but they overtook us back before the top at 2700 meters!





Next stop near Valencia - we will try to upload some video- thanks for your support!

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