Day 2 Tours to Orthez

The first job of the day was to junk the old boots and get some new ones. 

So once we left the hotel we went different ways. I had Google Maps which seemed to have no idea that it was straight forward to find and I had a great loop trekking about 4kms when 1 would have been best.

In the end the deal was done. Boots bought.

The first part of the non toll route was in rain that occasionally became drizzle. Today we had two fuel stops.

Sticking to the speed limits or there about produced over 59mpg for the first stop. 

We stayed on the N10 in its various states and departmental names.

Lunch was at a massive truck stop just off the N10. It had stopped raining but we weren't fooled. Waterproof gear stayed on until the fuel stop just after Bordeaux.

We guessed the owners might have been Portuguese!!

I had become separated from Neill as we turned onto the toll free A10. There was a single lane flyover looping to the right and left over the N10. It was nose to tail. Crunch.

Two cars into one don't go. Neill was gone by the time I slipped past and on to the A10. Traffic was heavy at the junction, but freer within a mile or so.

We had already crossed the Dordogne and Gironde rivers. They were both brown!!!

We re-united at the Carrefour petrol station. The mpg worked out at 61 or so. 

For Fuelly I use odometer readings, but use the trips on a fill-up to fill-up basis.

The air temp gauge was showing 29°C. In the traffic after the collision in had briefly touched 30°C.

The last section from the A10 was around 100kms or so on ordinary road. A little bit of dual carriageway thrown in. 

We finally arrived at the Kyriad in Orthez about 6.30pm. Checked in and decided to eat in tonight. The menu of the day €19 each.  The beer Heineken. Easy to drink and not too heavy.

The room is okay and the dinner decent enough.

Tomorrow the forecast is rain in the morning. What's new!!! 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Hopefully the Col du Somport will be okay and provide a decent photo op!!!

After Somport we will cross into Spain and then head to Huesca and Zaragoza before a call-in to see some MotoGP practice.

Our hotel is in Morella. It's the nearest place we could afford to Alcaniz and Motorland Aragón! Unless we wanted to pay up to £900 a night!