Motorland Aragon
I have just
returned from an epic journey in my little car covering some 3200 miles in 16
days. This little trip was to go to the 2CV World Meeting at Motorland Aragon
at Alcaniz in Spain. After the meeting we went to see some friends in Segovia
and returned home taking time to visit Monets Garden at Giverny on the way. The
poor little car had a few problems on the way with some overheating, not
surprising as the temperatures were in the high 30s and wearing out 2 front
tyres in the process as the tracking was a little off and now a very noisey
gearbox that will need replacing soon. But what an adventure! On the way though
France we were stopped by the police for an interview with the BBC and I have
my 10 seconds of fame 2mins 40 seconds in if you want to see it follow this
link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23619783 On the way I saw a very interesting trike
towing a caravan. The mirrors were so far away from the handlebars to be a
danger to pedestrians!
By the time we had got to Alcaniz we had
covered over 1000 miles in 3 days. The highlight of the trip was, undoubtedly, many
circuits of the race track in the car with impossible lean angles and tyres
squealing and a lovely commentary from Gita as we approached corners flat out. Did I wear out the tyres just by doing that?
People do odd things with 2CVs and
another trike is born. We were again stopped by the police to check documents
this time. They said there were people stealing cars and coming to the rally. I
think they just wanted to see a right hand drive Mehari!
Leaving Alcaniz we headed for
Segovia where it seems Harleys abound.
We stayed just out of Segovia at Los Angeles San Raphael. They haven’t got
Hollywood Boulevard yet but I’m sure they will build it soon.
By the time we left Segovia 2000 miles
had been clocked and there was another 1000 to go to get home. This last bit
was over 4 days with the gearbox getting noisier all the time and I wore earplugs to try to keep out the noise.
Northern France was much cooler and it
did rain a bit, but the day was fine for seeing Monets Garden before staying at
a Logis on our last night before the final
leg home.
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