The combination of heavy rain, poor weather forecasts, and not least, the thoroughly waterlogged ground our caravan was parked on brought about a big change of plan today. We had intended staying in northern Spain for at least another week to visit the region around Bilbao and Guggenheim museum.
We were lucky that the small hill top town of Bidart was just a short walk or cycle ride away from our base, although the journey up to the town took a little more effort than the return đ The well known resort town of Biarritz and its international airport was also only about 6 kms north from here, although we never visited during our stay. Continue reading Bidart in French-Basque
With the weather forecast for Bidart predicting wet weather for the next few days it was time to move on. The weather over to the east of France was supposedly much better so we decided to head that way.
I had visited Millau two times previously on my motorcycle trips, and the viaduct and surrounding area are amazing. Kim had not been there so it was decided to head that way. We thought that the trip was too many kilometres for one day so headed for Camping Midi Pyrénées, at Montréjeau, an easy couple of hours away, for a one or two night stopover.