Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Interesting experience trying to get food last night. Andorra is known for 2 things, skiing and having more fuel stations per 100m than any other country in Europe. This is mainly because the fuel is so cheap, visitors come in from both Spain and France to fill up so near the border they are just right next to each other. Apparently it is not know for serving food before 8pm. We (the Danish biker and I) tried a number of restaurants at 6:30 to be told, not until 8pm but we eventually found a place that looked somewhat questionable and staffed by a waiter who spoke no English. However, the food that turned up was both very good and very well priced so it turned out well. Out of Andorra and up and over the El Pas d la Casa (2408 m - the highest pass in the Pyrenees and with 3 petrol stations only 50m apart) and then down and back into France for the day. A mix of mountain passes and faster trunk roads let me cover 320km in just under 6 hours before I arrived here a...

Whether the blog title means anything to you may well depend on your age or age of your children. If in doubt, click here for an explanation. This was a last minute addition to my tour for the simple reason that until I started on this trip, I had no idea that Andorra was deemed to be a separate independent country in its own right, I just assumed it was part of Spain but now I know better. The journey today was around 350km and only a mere 5 hours gave me a mix of mountains and flatter lands before climbing up and arriving here in Andorra at around 1000m. Hopefully this will mean a cooler night as it is pretty hot right now. The 4th picture is approaching the only manned border I have seen on my whole route though I didn't have to stop or show my passport.  The fuel is so cheap here as is the food and drink so have already fuelled the bike up and will be doing the same to myself shortly. On the campsite, I met up with a Danish biker who is on week 5 of hi...