And this is Maurice!

Hi! Shenagh has allowed me a slot on her blog just to update you with a few boring facts as we're about half-way through our trip now. Here I am outside two of my favourite shops, the others being Aldi and Netto......
Shenagh, like the queen, doesn't handle money, so I generally do the shopping.
We've travelled 1508 miles in three weeks and we're still taking it easy on a campsite at Lourdes but will be moving on and using aires again tomorrow (Monday).                                           
The price of diesel has been around 1 euro 35 per litre, except in Andorra (1 euro 09). We've been paying around 11 euros when on campsites, inclusive of electricity.Using campsites has enabled us to get online as Wifi is often available, and usually free, although you have to take your laptop to a point near the reception or office to get the signal. That's not a problem as long as your battery has enough juice. We bought a mains inverter (120 W) before we set off, hoping to use it to keep the laptop charged up as we travelled along (via the cigar lighter socket) but the fuse blew!...........must sort that out.
We have a satellite TV set-up which runs on 12 volts as well as mains but we're too far south to get much on Astra 28E, so we're limited to whatever we can find on Astra 19E: lots of stuff in German, some Spanish, some French, some Arabic.........and BBC World.  Should be able to watch The Apprentice again when we get north of Bordeaux.

We hope to do a few more mountain passes (weather permitting), spend some time in the Basque Country, and travel north along part of the Atlantic coast. Let us know if there are any more boring facts you'd like to know!

A couple of fun things to finish with...

Good to know that reading is allowed.