Mission Accomplished

Today we arrived at the motorhome dealer at 9am on the button to have a small but important issue rectified. The dealership is just outside of Otero de Herrero and when we dropped the vehicle the weather was a tiny bit chilly but very sunny.

We walked into the village to put off some time and snapped a few photos for you.

This is the church. I suppose you were already surmising that by the shape of the building and the bell tower is a bit of a give away but nonetheless I thought I would make sure. Churches are amazingly large and elaborate in these small villages.
This house was pretty interesting with some kind of barometer on the wall. At the top of that rectangle in the middle there is a little black pointer and it is pointing at a big sunshine in the bottom right. It was indeed exceptionally sunny at the time. In the top left there are pictures of a cloud and a snowflake but since it was super sunny I have no idea if the thing points to them when the weather is inclement. If any of you happen to be passing on a dull day perhaps you could let us all know.


This picture is a competition. What do you think this was for? There are no prizes and indeed unless you are certain there will be no winners for we have no idea. Not a scooby as we say. Write your ideas in pencil on the back of a 20 pound note and send them to me.

This cross is part of another one of these pilgrimages and the full details can be found in the top picture. If you can be bothered translating the details you might care to share because I have not had time.

No door pictures again, I better get a belter for you soon or I'll be in a bit of soapy.
Take care y'all. D&S
P.S. if you are still reading we got the van back at 1 p.m. ship shape and bristol fashion, all working again and ready for action. Heading home for the weekend as we have some business to attend to. All things being well we'll be back on the road next week.





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