This line up was after we'd made the 2 hour trip from the ferry port in Bilbao
It didn't take us long to find a something to photograph
Have a quick break at the top of a minor hill
The next day we went for something a little more adventurous plus we had some pretty heavy rain to contend with
What it did do was make some trivial grass slopes "interesting"
Shortly after this I found myself halfway down the hell as the anchor point between two winches
Luckily the weather improved for lunch
An excellent excuse for lunch at the border (spain/france)
Later that day the hills started to get breathtaking
Which involved a break of course
Followed by a quick jaunt along a dry river bed
End of the second day just before a mad dash (over 46 miles of mountains) we stop at sunset at about 5500 feet
Our first sighting of snow (later when we got to the snow line we found it
Me looking impressed at the view
Pausing for breath
Just a quick snap along the way
Steve shows off his legs
And his half-doors
And winch
Another first shot of snow covered peaks
But not the last
Of course not everything had snow on it
Interesting little route through a very deep gully, also proved to be a good carwash as well.
As well as a good spot for a couple of photos
Although to be honest it really wasn't that great a carwash!.
But then the view more than made up for it
A little higher
And higher passed the ski resort and slopes
Finally at the top we have lunch (7500 feet)
The way down is "interesting" to say the least
But not as much as -
The way "across" was
The old girl is starting to look like she's just driven 400 miles offroad (cos she has)
And used to dry off wet boots...
A cute little shot of a tiny little spanish mountain village
A little closer
Pix of Phil (Landie) and Steve (TJ) on the trail
Pretty little picture as we pass over a cloud (Wasn't much fun driving through the bugger in the dark I can tell you)
This was the view from my hotel window around about day 4
Overhead shot of Le Pratts
Making the final push towards the Med. we spend a couple of hours driving across a very hot and dusty military artillery range
Which might be described as fun
It also paid to watch out where you stick your wheels
Or where you wash them
As this picture I took after becoming a little intimate with a tree shows
Steve waving at me for some reason
Mick giving me the "Please drive over me" hand signal
But of course
I missed Mick!
Which must be why everyone decided to attack my Jeep
Odd that the sign warning of instant death by "unexploded projectiles" was on our route out!
Landie showing some articulation?
Jeep showing some articulation?
We seemed to drive down a lot of mountains and through tiny little spanish villages
Its hard to show quite how narrow these streets are but I dare say you get the idea
This was the "Hill" which exists in a bizarre looking area of burned out hills
Very odd looking
Having made it to the Med. we all had to drink and dance/swim (Except for Steve who won't dance!)
Just mucking around at lunchtime
Pretty tame mountain roads, I swear that after two days you didn't even think around going round them at 30 mph
Quick stop to wash the mud and dust from the Jeep
I was amazed to discover that they have something called sunrise in spain and france, quite pretty really
My now clean vehicle before heading back to Bilbao