Through Andorra

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We left Barcelona and moved north east to Montserrat an impressive craggy mountain with a delightful road running along its side.

Then onwards in increasingly windy and cold conditions to the Pyrenees and into Andorra. Andorra is a small duty free principality which we didn’t take to because of all the commercial development maximising the shopping opportunities for the French and Spanish.

We crossed over the Port d’Envalira at 2,408m, the highest point we shall reach on the trip. As usual the van had no difficulty climbing up to the pass. We dropped down into France where we were delayed for 45 minutes at the border while the customs checked all the duty free Sunday shoppers.

Our campsite was at Mérens about 20k over the border 1,250m. The weather had become increasingly cold, wet and windy and we were pleased the van’s systems kept us warm and comfortable for the night.

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