Dax to Olite

Misty morning, up early as got bitten last night, chilly 10c although starting to warm as sun burns off the mist.

Got an early for us start left by 10:00, decided to head for a town recommend a by a couple of people Olite not exactly a direct route but we are supposed to be taking it slow.

The temperature gradually rose so that by the time we hit the Spanish plains it was around 24c at midday, Olite was 28c when we stopped lovely.

Our journey was only remarkable in that for the first time ever the toll booth assistant refused to change us to class 2. We had to ask 3 time sat the first booth, at the 2nd we asked repeatedly lost count I think she eventually just hung up on us. The problem was a specific operator who kept claiming it was not possible, a French lady, we just kept ringing and repeating the usual phrase, adding to with pourquoi and autres peage classes 2. Eventually some body else answered and changed it straightaway. The 3rd time we did not even have to ask just pressed the button and the class changed.

Took a 40km detour by making one wrong turn onto the AP15 also cost us another 7€.

The Autocaravanes stop is basically a large car park but very central and therefore handy. The facilities are amongst the worst one working tap so no water for us Ugh!

We took at trip into the town and paid for access to the castle. 3.50€ each but very good great views. Found CasaZenito but have had 2 people recommend La Marabelle not as attractive but apparently better value and good food. So we shall see which one has space this evening.

Also used the inverter to charge the laptop whilst driving, I think this was a real success and disappointed that could not handle the bikes.