Jaca
I crossed the border from France into Spain this morning- not sure where exactly as there was no discernible frontier. I did however travel through a very long tunnel, The Samport tunnel - several KM’s long so perhaps the border was somewhere above me. The views were spectacular leading up to the tunnel and I guess I passed through the mountain on the photo attached.
Before I got to the tunnel I stopped at some road works. When the lights changed my wheels seemed to skid or my handbrake jammed which resulted in a warning light coming on 😱. Just beyond the roadworks was a sign for a camping stop so I stopped to check out what it meant as it wasn’t going off. Just as I got the vehicles handbook out a nice lady tapped on my window and engaged me in conversation saying I couldn’t camp there overnight but I was ok to have a picnic. I explained that I’d only stopped to check out my warning light. I could tell by her accent she was Dutch, her English was so good. Anyway we exchanged pleasantries before I could get back to the task in hand.
Apparently it’s the ASR warning, something to do with anti slip mechanism. I tried a reset as it suggested in the handbook but it didn’t go off. So I may need to get it looked at. However once I got going again properly it went off and so far it’s stayed off, so it’s something I will have to keep an eye on 🤷. I’m off to look around Jaca now, I’m sure there will be more exciting tales to tell soon!!
Before I got to the tunnel I stopped at some road works. When the lights changed my wheels seemed to skid or my handbrake jammed which resulted in a warning light coming on 😱. Just beyond the roadworks was a sign for a camping stop so I stopped to check out what it meant as it wasn’t going off. Just as I got the vehicles handbook out a nice lady tapped on my window and engaged me in conversation saying I couldn’t camp there overnight but I was ok to have a picnic. I explained that I’d only stopped to check out my warning light. I could tell by her accent she was Dutch, her English was so good. Anyway we exchanged pleasantries before I could get back to the task in hand.
Apparently it’s the ASR warning, something to do with anti slip mechanism. I tried a reset as it suggested in the handbook but it didn’t go off. So I may need to get it looked at. However once I got going again properly it went off and so far it’s stayed off, so it’s something I will have to keep an eye on 🤷. I’m off to look around Jaca now, I’m sure there will be more exciting tales to tell soon!!
Jaca, Jacetania, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Jaca is an interesting town, larger than I was expecting. In contrast to Buzy, there’s a bar on every street corner and plenty in between. Small paved streets without traffic so a pleasure to “swan” around! Highlight for me is Saint Peter’s Castle also known as The Citadel of Jaca. It’s a remarkable building. Originally constructed in 16th century its function in more recent times has been as a winter combat military training school. Teaching soldiers how to operate in the high mountains and navigate snow conditions. Nowadays it a fascinating museum, the highlight of which is a wonderful museum of military miniatures. Over 32,000 tiny tin soldiers are displayed in a series of dioramas arranged in chronological order; Pharaos to the beginning of the 21st century, but above all showing us the road to peace!? The detail of the models is amazing as the photos hopefully go some way to illustrate.
