Brrrrr!
Still, not as bad as it might have been and warmer than forecast, with 1°C at 08:00 rather than the predicted -3°. A bit of a blessing.
We kept the heating on, set at 10°C and it was a comfortable night, the heating quiet enough in this van not to wake us. Dusty was good too and didn’t start his usual nonsense until 6 am. Also luckily, the trains stop overnight.
We may be apparently in the middle of nowhere and it is generally very peaceful but the mainline Madrid/Valencia trains emerge from a tunnel just outside the campsite, and quickly vanish into another. They are fast, quiet electric trains and cause little disturbance during the day – we hear a quick rumble, nothing more – but I am happy that they don’t whoosh past after bedtime. The first train this morning passed at around 7 am.
So, bright and frosty just now. I was dreading my visit to the shower block but it turned out to be closed for cleaning. I had a spit wash in the van, where the side effect of heating in the night had provided hot water. I will shower when the day warms up a little, and after our walk.
Today’s walk looks as though it may be taxing. I have my ankle strapped and think that I had better take my poles with me. I wanted to take my bigger camera and capture some scenery but will need a rucksack for poles and water etc. and that makes slinging a heavy camera quite difficult, so it will be the Olympus in my bum bag again.
We had Dusty tied out on Nell’s lead last evening and left it tied to a tree when we brought him in. This morning the lead had been removed from its handle and was gone. WTF?
I heard a magpie behind the van and wondered if it had stolen the lead for its shiny clip but it didn’t seem feasible that it would have flown away with it and several metres of trailing line.
Mr Snail has now found the remainder of the lead on the adjacent empty pitch. It has been chewed into several pieces. Rats? Why?
A mystery.
Dusty will have to go out on his own, shorter, lead until Nell’s has been replaced (probably when we reach Seville) and we will have to use the now-spare cat lead for Nell.
Anyway, time to go walkies!