Thanks for looking, Brian. The drive to Sierra Nevada is along a good motorway,
except for the last 30 km which are on a mountain road, but a wide and nice
one. We left at 6 a.m., arrived around 10, the wife and children were on the
slopes around 11 (after renting equipment etc.) and stayed out until 5 p.m.
Then we drove home.
The speed limit in Spain is 120 km/h so you can go 140 without any problems.
When I drive to Bath, I do stop for the night in northern France, partly
because of the ferry crossing that takes 4.5 hours, making the entire trip too
long for one day.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Apr 13, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Nathan wrote
>
>> This week I offer you Sierra Nevada, Lithuanian Easter eggs, lots of
>> sunshine and other good things:
>>
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=374
>
> Congratulations on producing such a beautiful daughter ... !
>
> I am amazed at the distances you are able to drive in a day. A little while
> ago I read your story on taking your son to the Univ at Bath; 1800 km in
> about one day as I recall.
>
> Perhaps the roads are heaps better than what I drive over, and surely the
> upper speed limit is higher than for us.
>
> On your ski trip as chauffeur, you did 2 x 400 km, and made time for people
> to ski; a really long day that would have been.
>
> My weekly commute, as I move belongings to Clyde, is 500 km each way; It
> takes me about 7 hours just driving; I usually have one, maybe 2 food and
> legs-stretch stops on the way. The official speed limit is 100 kph ( around
> 60
> mph), and I usually drive at around 90 - 95 kph in the interests of fuel
> economy; It really pays off as I get 32.5 mpg diesel ( imperial gallon) that
> way, in a vehicle rated at 2 tonnes without my load..
>
> I really should do a photo blog of the roads I drive over. I next drive
> south
> on Thursday with a full load of stuff. The trip for the week after that is
> planned to be with a tandem-axle solid-cover furniture trailer (two axles
> close together).
>
> I meant to comment a week or so ago, but there is opportunity to do so
> again now as you photographed some; where I live there is definitely not a
> dominant culture that appreciates a multitude of kinds of sausages.
> Sausages are regarded by many people with quite a lot of suspicion - after
> all one never knows "just what stuff" is put into them :-(
> However, more recent immigrants from Europe are not so hesitant.
>
> I remember when I was a student in the UK and we did study tours one of
> which took us to Switzerland. it was obviously a special repast the locals
> put
> out for us at one place; all kinds of fancy meat cuts etc. We couldn't
> understand what all the fuss was about. Sorry to say, their offering just was
> not appreciated.
>
> Interesting to see more of the rugged terrain of Spain. I like that.
>
> What's the plural of Ibex? Ibices? Just joking :-) Great to see them.
>
> Brian Swale.
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