SP26 - Plan G!

It seems that I have been at this for a while now. Refining. Then having doubts about the miles to be driven.

The hours in the van for us, and more importantly for a dog that's approaching his sixteenth birthday. From loving going out in the car or the van, he is now more reticent.

So I have begun to look at shorter days on the road, fewer miles between stops, and chances for him to get out and stretch his legs.

So far Plan G only gets us from Caravanning Oyambre on the Biscay coast to Port Vendres on the Mediterranean.

Eight days to work our way across the north of Spain via Potes in the Picos de Europa. 

We have been before, twice actually, but both were fleeting visits. The first in 2014 on the Triumph Explorer and again in 2024, this time in Molly our motorhome.

This time I am hoping to get into the paid aire just outside the town. It's €15 a night with an additional €4 if you want electric hook-up. After two nights with EHU at Oyambre we shouldn't need it.

Where from there? I have been looking to take in some scenic drives and villages across the north of Spain. Way to the north of Madrid.

Plan F was to head south east to the Mediterranean around Madrid and bumping into the coast around Valencia or Castellón. Getting a campsite or aire that appealed seemed much harder. 

Rough Plan G is Riano, Astudillo, Frias, La Fueva and La Seu d'Urgell.

With stops along the way to break up the day. Some are simply local municipal aires, and a couple are Camping-Car Park Aires.

Plan G also includes Andorra. The last time was in 1989. I was part of a group that road down to Barcelona for the FIM Rally. We camped overnight in La Vella. In July it was freezing at night!!! So much so that two of us found a camping shop and bought a cheap sleeping bag.

So that's it for now! Plan H? I hope not.