October 8th. Nth Spain..finally

After a log ride last night to get to Nimes,in the dark and given the run round by Garmin again I came to a conclusion that the expression killed in friendly fire is a Garmin PR matter. It is clear the US military are not using google.....so it must be Garmin, that universally hopeless GPS system. Good on them. Chances are they would not find NZ if they had to ! So I got a bed. And a meal, of sorts. And because beggars cannot be choosers it was expensive. Not the least of my concerns. When I loaded in Barcelona it suggested it was 338 km on the back roads and would take to 3.30 pm yet the motorway said it was 350 km and that at express speed I would lucky to get there late in the day. So I did the un-mentionable, I got on the motorway for 2 hours. Then I turned inland toward Andorra. Wise move. Great riding through the mountains. Even a UNESCO village Saint Louis. Stunning spot on the top of a nearly mountain, and the french military still occupy it it seems. The roads again wonderful and as 5.30 approached my lazy day stop and find a pub time, I saw a little Hotel, having spurned some earlier stylish establishments in ski villages which abound round here, only to find this was a full on Spa. Mineral water the lot. So here I am. Had the Spa. Darn it that was good. Now onto the Temperanillo (it is a Spanish soft drink)...... Mind you I was well sold. As I pulled in a lady was loading a kid into a car so I asked, Hotel any good ( very stylish) and she replied, it is a mineral Spa, the food is superb ( she is the cook I found out) and we have a special rate for you ( she is the owner I discovered), so I was pretty much hooked and landed. So yes the Spa is good, the Temperanillo is very good and as for the food I am off to find out.