Today's ride took us from the Pyrenean town of Jaca , in Aragon, through Sabinanigo and Huesca to the bustling city of Zaragoza just 90 miles of busy road, hilly (mountainous) in places and then uninterestingly flat.
An unusual roundabout in Sabinanigo. We saw plenty of eagles in this area but no wolves!
The road to Zaragoza via Huesca was very busy with little safe space for a bike. Fortunately, like the French, the Spanish drivers are a little more considerate toward cyclists. Nonetheless. is was quite scary at times!
A look north for our final glimpse of thePyrenees
In the middle of nowhere, with nothing all around but flat countryside we saw a sign for a place called Temple (Tem-play).
We could see nothing from the main road although it was signposted as only 3km away. Passing through orchards and a market garden area we suddenly came across this tiny village. A good place to stop for lunch. The church was very interesting - note the heron's nest on the church tower. As we finally made our way to Zaragoza a stone hit the van window causing a huge crack to appear in the windscreen. We rang the hire company and they said it would be OK. 'But we're in Spain' - Oh in that case monitor it but don't get it replaced. We decided to both drive tha last 5 miles to thr Hotel and call it a day! One thing about Zaragoza - why are they always digging the roads up?
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