Tuesday 18 March - Ampudia to Vittoria

More heavy rain overnight which only stopped as we got up but the screens were absolutely soaking wet when we took them off so they ended up in the shower. Breakfast, service the van and pleasantly surprised to find the water on as it's always been off on our earlier visits. First priority to find fuel which was on the autovia but not too expensive at £1.29 pl. As mentioned yesterday, north west Spain doesn't have much going for it scenically so we stuck to the autovia, letting the cruise control look after things. The road became the autopiste AP1 but tolls on this section have been abolished so we just stayed with it.

Although we'd put San Sebastian in the satnav it was beginning to look a bit of a stretch given that we'd not yet stopped for lunch. We knew that there was a good aire at Vittoria-Gasteiz with an adjacent Mercadona supermarket for some grocery shopping so as we're in no rush diverted there. Quite busy, it's now got a barrier which is operated by a parking app but it was quite simple to use and still free so we got in, found a spot and settled in to a late lunch. Later we took a walk across to the supermarket, wrapping up as it was a decidedly cold breeze, and got the necessary. We noticed that a new Eroski supermarket had been opened next to the aire so Bren just had to go and have a look!

Later in the evening it started raining again but the forecast is for it to stop around midnight and then be clear for at least a couple of hours. We'll see.