Woke up early and drove around the corner to buy diesel then set off for Leon. About 15 mins into the journey we decided to miss Leon and go straight to Salamanca, a total of 222 miles.
The drive was quite delightful and much to our surprise we found ourselves high up in the mountains above the snow line! (GPS showed us at nearly 4000 feet above sea level).
The sun was out, the sky blue and the outside temperature 11degrees, which in view of the fact that most of the journey was above 3000 feet was really quite warm.
The motorway was lovely and quiet and very well maintained (especially the toll section at €13.05).
Upon reaching Salamanca we went into a big Carrefour and stocked up and plenty of local Spanish food and wine! Then we drove to the Aire about 8 miles Southeast and parked up, feet up, kettle on and wine on standby!
We weren't expecting THIS !
It IS beautiful though…..
Now this is a BIG bull!
