We left Camping Internacionale Aranjuez around 09:30 and the journey to Tordesillas took around 3 – 4 hours. It would have helped if we had taken the M-50 around Madrid in a clockwise direction. As it was we had to head closer into Madrid and picked up the M-40 heading clockwise this time to the A-6 which would lead us all the way to Tordesillas.

Our plans were to stay here in Tordesillas until Saturday before driving back to Santander prior to our Monday afternoon ferry crossing on the Pont Aven to Portsmouth. Tonight I decided to check the status of the Brittany Ferry sailings and whilst it was doubtful that the weather would be inclement enough to cancel, I thought it was worth looking.

That’s when we found out that Pont Aven sailings up until Sunday (leaving our return still scheduled) had been cancelled due to a broken propellor and the boat was now in dry dock at Brest. A quick look around the internet suggested that the boat was likely to be out of action for weeks though, not days.