Monday, January 08, 2007
Wednesday 3rd January – Calatyud, Spain
We left Portugal early and spent 10 hours on the road to get as far through Spain as we could. We got about 200 km west of Madrid and arrived at our next campsite at 8pm so sited the caravan in the dark. During the day we had travelled through some terrific scenery and again were amazed at the rich variety and abundance of birds. We saw a flock of Griffon Vultures, a Red Kite, Buzzards, Kestrels, Storks and many more I couldn’t identify. We were truly exhausted when we arrived that we decided to stay for 2 nights instead of the 1 as originally intended.
The next morning we were greeted with terrific views over the surrounding countryside. The sun started to shine and the wind died down and we spent a relaxing day mooching around. Max was quite keen to walk up a mountain but alas we could not accommodate him, as there seemed to be fences everywhere blocking our path. We did end up walking in an olive grove and had a good meander. We bumped into the farmer who didn’t seem to mind us walking about so we carried on. It wasn’t a great walk by any standards but it got us outside, it was peaceful, the views were great and the walk was gently scented by lavender.
