Barcelona to Gibraltar and then home!

After having a surprise day off in Barcelona due to counting the days wrong on the calender, we ventured off towards Valencia. By chance our friends Richard and Judith (and baby Seppe) were staying near by so we called in to say hi and ended up taking Richard with us to Ibiza!

Basically in Ibiza not a lot happened and we went to bed early but I would like to say a special thanks to Raymond at Ducks United 2CV hire company who gave us a great tour of the island in a 2CV and DS.

So we said a reluctant good bye to Judith, Richard, Seppe, Judith's parents and our host the lovely Mariane and headed on a crazy short cut inland in 40degree heat! Many mountains later, several breakdowns and a night spent in the car in Ubeda City Center we arrived near Gibraltar barely alive and not particularly happy. A night spent with the lovely Sacha and Davida helped us recover and we pressed on to the target Gibraltar! After 11days, 3000km at around 40mph, driving on average 10hr days in pretty hot temperatures - Morrisons full English and fish and chips was our reward! Basically Gibraltar was awesome very friendly, very English and very hot! Got into the Gibraltar Chronicle, spoke to a few people from Gibraltar who had been expecting our arrival after following us on Facebook and met with David Risso from the Gibraltar Classic Car Club who had been co-ordinating with us about our arrival in Gibraltar.

We stayed for just a few hours in Gibraltar unfortunately due to needing to make a start back if we were to reach UK on schedule. However we drove up the rock and saw the great views and of course the Monkeys! Then straight to Seville for a nights camping, followed by 12hrs in extreme heat has we passed Madrid. The following day I adjusted the brakes which helped over the Pyrenees on our welcome return to France. Massively busy here meant camping site was a problem and eventually we found one in the dark at a farm after 14hrs driving!Finally to Angers to stay with the lovely Emilie at her house. Now we just need to cover the 800km back to Northampton if we can make our ferry tonight at Midnight!

Return Party - Wednesday 15th August - Spinney Hill Pub - Northampton - 6pm to 8pm - come and meet us as we return with the car! Have a drink, chat and (hopefully) take a look at Stu's great UK to Gibraltar Movie!