Day 3: Zaragoza

Just like last year, in order to bypass the agglomeration of Bayonne etc, I paid the motorway tolls (€8.70), which saved half the time (about 45 minutes) and was more fuel efficient than getting caught up in the urban traffic system.

Also, I can confirm that when driving at an average of 38.4 miles per gallon, I can drive from Dieppe to the Easy Gas petrol station in Irun and have about 7 litres of fuel to spare in the fuel tank. The typical cost per litre for diesel (le gazole or gasoil) in France was approximately €166.9 per litre; 26 cents greater than that which I paid in Irun - saving me €18.98!

On descending into Spain from France I saw the sun for the first time in more than a week. Unfortunately, on climbing over, and descending from, the Pyrenees it was back to low cloud and fog again. So it goes!

I arrived in Zaragoza at about 3pm and it was nice to relax after nearly three days of mostly driving, eating, sleeping and blogging!

• Distance driven: 201 miles (again, 2 miles greater than last year!)
• Distance cycled: 0 kilometres
• Weather: Mostly low cloud and fog with a minor intermission of sunshine and temperatures about 3 - 4°C
• Location: Google Maps