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Well time has flown and I am writing this in Carcassonne, France. The rest day was a little 190km journey to the north west of Peramola.
From the hotel we headed north to Coll de Nargo and then turned left - from the right side of the road - and headed up and up and up, we paused to see where we had come from and took a picture, more photos were taken when we reached the top.
The hills are all around you and the roads climb up, then down to the valley floor, along the valleys beside the rivers and then climb up again to repeat. The most significant thing is the number of vegetable plots that are present as you travel.
After coffee we headed up again and just after the summit there were these birds just soaring on the thermals,so impressive.
After another valley and hill we had lunch, I had the rabbit on a large dinner plate all nicely barbequed. I originally asked for beef but the only option was a 1kg steak, so settled for the rabbit.
The temperature was pleasant in the low 20s, there was lightening in the distant mountain tops, a little rain.
After lunch I had a ball, 5km of twisting road along the side of the valley to La Seu. It was awesome!!!
After reaching the valley floor we headed back to the Can Boix hotel, temperatures were up in the 30s again and it reminded me of how hot you got when travelling through Caterton (Wairarapa) in the summer except we were travelling on the open road at 90km.
The evening was spent just enjoying the ambience of the hotel, it is an absolutely peaceful and restful place.
A number of the others headed to Andorra to get cigars, their recommendation was to avoid the place as it is simply a shopping mall with not enough parking. Andorra has no tax so everything is cheaper including petrol.
The next day was to Carcassonne and the highs of the Pyrennes.
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