Where's Bertie? He's in a small Aire in the village of Berastegi. Exact location: 43.12372, -1.98324
Weather: Disappointingly overcast, against a forecast of sunshine, but warm this afternoon (17 max)
We woke up to the sound of light rain on Bertie's roof - a surprise as there was no mention of it in the forecast and it must have continued for around an hour. It was still overcast as we set out, but based on the forecast we expected that either the sun would win through, or we would drive out from under the cloud. Unfortunately neither happened, although the afternoon did warm up as predicted even with the cloud cover.
Our initial journey was a short one, to a petrol station (€1.266/litre), then a supermarket, in Tudela, where our trolley, along with some groceries, included 18 bottles of wine and 24 cans of beer. It's a long way to haul it home from Spain, but Mick knows some of the wines he likes in Spain and the prices are so low that it makes it worthwhile (our entire shop, including the food, came in at €82).
It was then a 2-hour drive up to Berastegi. If we had been solely chasing the weather, we would have continued on another hour or so to Capbreton, but I've run around the Capbreton area a few times now, and fancied something a bit different and hillier, so an Aire within 3km of our route and in a typical village in the Basque Country fitted the bill nicely.
Once again, lunch was our first priority on arrival, then I sought out a route for us to go and do this afternoon, settling for one that did a circuit around the outside of the village (6.8km, 225m).
I don't think we saw a single thing that didn't scream 'Basque Country' at us. The landscape and buildings are so distinctive that using the 'if I was abducted by aliens and abandoned here' test, I don't think I'd struggle to know where I was.
Final remark of the day: we are parked right next to a church (a disproportionately large one in such a location, I would say) complete with a chiming clock. The chimes aren't the loudest, but I wouldn't be surprised if they continue all night.
Views
We saw a few fields with lambs and not recent ones either.
We also saw more than one field containing miniature horses. Do they have a purpose?
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