End of the Spanish sojourn

This was, without doubt, the wettest trip that we have ever had. Almost every day for the first four weeks in Spain the weather forecast warned of thunderstorms (we had a few!) and it rained nearly every day. Spain had been suffering from a serious drought and they were desperate for rain but they now have enough water in their reservoirs to keep them supplied for three years. The bad weather forced us to give up our idea of a relaxing, extended stay in Orgiva and gave us more time to explore inland Spain. We thoroughly enjoyed the exploring and are keen to do more in the future. Hopefully, next time we will have some better weather and that would allow us to do more walking and cycling.
To be fair, the weather was much better for the last three weeks and we had a few days of really warm weather.
Because of the lack of open, inland campsites, we spent more nights in aires than we have ever spent on a trip. The twin Gaslow LPG cylinders were very handy and, even though we had to use the gas heating for most of the holiday, we only needed to top up the LPG once.
Despite the poor weather, we had a really enjoyable trip. Inland Spain is fascinating with its archaeology, hill towns and castles. The north, with its nature and geology parks and beautiful scenery, is well worth visiting. There is plenty more to see and we will definitely return.