The route home...

The palace gardens at Aranjuez.

We are now back in Dorset after crossing Spain with a cold northerly wind bringing snow and clouds most of the time. There wasn't much snow on the hills over the first main pass of the Guadarrama mountains but we were impressed with the number of snow-ploughs standing by. We stopped at Aranjuez for two nights and the rain cleared on Saturday giving us an opportunity to see the sights again with a clear blue sky and visit the mercadillo, an open air market selling clothes etc. The next day was cold with frequent snow showers as we gained altitude to reach Burgos. We had thought of stopping here for a day but decided on seeing the weather forecast to stay one night and then go on to Santander. In the event it was a good decision as we awoke to a sprinkling of snow and on crossing the Cantabrica mountains, met more storms and many snow ploughs keeping at least one lane open.

Our camping spot at the Burgos campsite......- 4 C at night.

We managed to get on an earlier ferry rather than hang around in Santander in the cold and was home by 4 pm after leaving Burgos at 10 am the previous day. So now in cold England 6 C, warmer than northern Spain, but at least we have a roaring fire to keep us warm ! Untill next time...Adios