We have now been in Spain for ten days and I have only just been able now to find time to do a blog, it's hard all this sight seeing and travel! When we left France we came through the Pyrénées and over Col d'Aubisque, a 1710 metre pass that they run the Tour de France over. It may not be the highest pass we have been over, but it was one of the most spectacular with narrow winding roads and sheer drop offs down the sides and there was still all the writing on the road from the Tour. It also gave us new respect for the riders that ride the Tour. As we rode up and over the Pyrènèes it got colder and wetter until it was only six degrees at the pass and raining, but as we went down into Spain it slowly cleared up and the temperature climbed to a lovely 28°. We couldn't believe Spain, the roads were fantastic, the scenery was nothing like we had expected with high mountains and trees, narrow gullies and rivers, it was perfect. We eventually stopped at a caravan park and booked into some hard accommodation as we were worried about the black clouds that had come in and it was quite cold now that the sun was going down. The park people were great and gave us a lot of information on the area. The following day we had planned a walk, but despite being sunny at the park, as we rode up into the mountains further the temp dropped to six again and it was snowing on the mountain tops around us. So we rode back down to a lower altitude and went to a near by National Park were we did a lovely walk up a valley for a couple of hours before heading back to a near by village for lunch and then back to the park for dinner. We left the next day and once again headed up into the mountains, but this time it stayed fine allowing us to continue up to a town named Vielha, a town that looks more Swedish than Spanish. From here we headed east along the C28, a road we had been told was a real treat for motorcyclists and it was, it went over a pass just over 2000 metres and the road was as good as it you could wish for. We saw quite a few bikes on the road and when we stopped at a small town near the bottom of the alps the place we packed with bikes and riders, I don't think I have ever seen so many in one place. Unfortunately that was about the end the good stuff, once we left the alps it became dry dusty farming plains all the way to Amposta on the coast. Here we had trouble finding an open caravan park and when we did, because of all the rice farming and water in the area, the mosquitos drove us mad. We had planned on staying two nights but only stayed one. The next day we moved on to Benicasim where we found a fantastic park packed with English tourists. We stayed for two nights and spent a day looking along the coast, it was very nice. Next it was Valencia, a city that disappointed us a bit, we really liked all their new architecture, but found the old city to not have that much going for it. We only spent one day and two nights in Valencia before heading south to meet up with an English couple we had met in Luxembourg. They have a holiday house near the coast and we spent two and a half wonderful days with them and their friends enjoying the local food and sea side.