From Albi we had a longish run in order to be in Cuenca SE of Madrid for our next Lord's Day. We chose a route involving 2 high passes over the Pyrenees to cross into Spain. The scenery was spectacular and the wild flowers on the road verges were a joy to behold. Then the views changed from the high peaks to more open valleys. Spain surprised us with its diversity of landscape and flora.
This was a site that we paid for and enjoyed the use of the facilities. (near Graus)
One of our lunch stops!
Marella is an ancient hill-top fortress, built by the Muslims, perhaps used by the Romans before that, then used by the Roman Catholic Church, before being occupied by the army. It was restored some years ago.
This is the view from the provided Overnight Stop.
We ventured throught the ancient gate into Morella and climbed to the top!! On our way down we stopped for a coffee, and at the same time as we were being served there were some old people from a nearby old people's home, being assisted along the street by a nun and her helpers. Eventually there must have been about 20 of them. They were seated near us to get their refreshments. Bill, with his half-forgotten Spanish returning to him saw this as an opportunity, and went to speak to them. He shook hands with each of them in turn, said a few words about the Lord and sang, in Spanish, the words of Romans 5:8.
"..but God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us"
The nun seemed happy that someone had taken such an interest in the old folks.
The nun seemed happy that someone had taken such an interest in the old folks.
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