So finally home with no mishaps. We rode our bikes from the storage facility home in a hailstorm and today's weather reminds us of good reasons for fleeing in the winter. Overall a great trip - over 4000 miles at 35mpg. Only one bit of self inflicted damage to the van - a broken plastic window covering due to a moving tree.
We would certainly do this again in winter if only for the weather, comparatively long hours of daylight and lowish cost of living in Spain. Also the brilliant cycle path network. But we would miss England, not just friends and family, but the range of food and drink available over here, the atmosphere of cold nights in warm pubs and simply more to do. If we stayed for a long time in one site we would probably need to hire a car to get out and about: there's a limit to the number of bottles of wine you can carry on a bike! We certainly wouldn't want to live there permanently. So lots to consider.
Many thanks to all who have followed our progress and to Peter and Mary next door for keeping an eye on things, especially the volume of mail.
Because we have had over 550 visits to the blog I will surely do one next time. We hope this will be a trip in late April possibly going to Holland, Denmark and maybe Sweden. We'll let you know.
Adieu, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all (that's the Xmas cards sorted),
love
J&P
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