{"id":18729,"date":"2015-11-14T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=18729"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:11:04","slug":"vultures-and-fire-sos-del-ray-catolico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/vultures-and-fire-sos-del-ray-catolico\/","title":{"rendered":"Vultures and Fire, Sos Del Ray Cat\u00f3lico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s eyes (OK, imagine his headlights) are peering upwards as the dark silhouettes of vultures scribe out circles above (in the free aire at Sos Del Ray Cat\u00f3lico, N42.49126 W1.21356). He&#8217;s nervous. Have they detected his impending doom, and are lazily awaiting the opportunity to come and fight over his innards? Nah, there&#8217;s a dead sheep t&#8217;other side o&#8217; hill. Read on folks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18738\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18738\" class=\"wp-image-18738 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06162-1024x431.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06162\" width=\"620\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06162-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06162-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06162.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free aire at Sos Del Ray Cat\u00f3lico &#8211; including freebie services &#8211; woo hoo!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last night, there was a knock on the door. Expecting an official, come to collect a few euros in return for a short stay in Aragonese paradise, I swung it open. Not a euro-snaffler in sight, but Matt and Jo (who&#8217;s travels you can track at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurotouring.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.eurotouring.co.uk<\/a>) stood smiling outside. After them visiting half of Europe (and then some), we happened to be on a common trajectory. They&#8217;d spotted our location on this here rambling blog, nipping over to say &#8216;hola&#8217;. Only one problem. Team Zagan was seriously partied out after the past week&#8217;s semi-continual imbibing of rioja and vino del casa! Tale sharing was curtailed by our need to sleep, but those guys&#8217; Dethleff&#8217;s wander-wagon has remained parked next to us, so we&#8217;ll make a second attempt at gregariousness ce soir.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18739\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18739\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18739\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Matt and Jo - touring Europe for a year. Lucky swines! Ah, hang on a mo...\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06208.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt and Jo &#8211; touring Europe for a year. Lucky swines! Ah, hang on a mo&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today news flooded the internet-o-sphere that terrorists opted to murder scores of unsuspecting and innocent folks in Paris. It came to us before breakfast, and we chewed over pancakes, pondering life. &#8220;All of France&#8217;s borders are closed!&#8221; people said\u00a0on Facebook. Nah, fortunately although our Gallic neighbour&#8217;s government will no doubt be shaken, but they&#8217;re not fools. Terrorism&#8217;s hope is to leverage the fearsome effect of their butchery into a gain far beyond what they&#8217;ve actually done (the same number of people killed in this attack die on French roads <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roughly every 14 days<\/a>). The only way to defeat it, or at least manage it (IMHO) is for governments to conduct covert operations on our behalf, while the rest of us live our lives to the fullest, ignoring it as best we can. That&#8217;s our plan anyway. The party goes on &#8211; get it up you extremists.<\/p>\n<p>The honey-stone hilltop top we&#8217;re currently camped outside used to be called simply Sos, which I find much-endearing (it means &#8216;sorry&#8217; in my home town&#8217;s slang). Until King Ferdinand the second was born here that is, when &#8216;Del Ray Cat\u00f3lico&#8217; was added &#8211; &#8216;of the Catholic King,&#8217; which seems a wee bit more pompous. Population: 662, so the birth of royalty here hasn&#8217;t\u00a0much added to the town&#8217;s girth. Something we&#8217;re thankful for, as it&#8217;s a wonderfully calm and quiet place to float along in. You can walk around it in 15 minutes, attempting to absorb 1000 years of history, wondering where those 662 people are all hiding, and scratching your head at the fact any of the buildings are still standing (some are held up by a 3D trellis of scaffold sat in a swimming pool-sized box of concrete).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18734\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06170\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06170.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06198.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18730\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06198-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06198\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06198-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06198-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18744\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06159-1024x378.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06159\" width=\"620\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06159-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06159-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06159.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other news: it&#8217;s lashing it down in Blighty. Sorry folks, I truly am, but this news has a singular effect on me: Joy. Clouds exist here, but they&#8217;re wispy, pathetic things. The camera, which was presumably designed for a British level of dim light can&#8217;t cope with the intense glare here. Even in mid November it&#8217;s 20 degrees, the solar panel is putting out a steady 3 amps, and I&#8217;ve been sat on the van&#8217;s step to read Ted Simon in my prescription sunnies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18740\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06254\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06254.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18732\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06255\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06255.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made a foray out earlier, steering a path in my scuffed boots up the small hill out of which sprouts the anachronistic\u00a0telecoms mast. From up there I brushed about the grass for a bit, wondering at what fanged snakes might live here, before popping my butt down for a stare around at the town, wooded hillsides and distant mountains. Part of it went on fire for a few minutes, gushing a hosepipe of murk\u00a0into the air before the fire brigade raced over and put it out &#8211; a restaurant was apparently to blame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18735\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06224\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06224.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vultures swam the skies above in droves, I counted 20 at one point. The camera attempted to remember the sight, grabbing a few dots-on-blue. One swooped down, thick legs stretched out. And another, then more, all landing over the crest of a stony hill just below. I scrabbled down towards as more and more of them cruised in and disappeared. Afterwards I noticed the stench of rotting flesh, and the fact I was scrabbling about the town rubbish dump to get to the edge. Leaning over, the sight of all 20 vultures flapping their car-door wings and hopping over the carcass of a dead sheep will never leave me. Get the hell in! I was so excited and surprised (and myopic), any attempt to grab a decent photo was doomed. As soon as they got a whiff of my own foetid stench they flapped off in twos and threes to form a new column in the sky, pure Western movie material. I wondered for an instant if they might all pop down and simply eat me? One sat its ground for a while, before it too took off. I hung around for a while, buzzing and trying to hide under a bush with a clear sight to the fly-addled pile of inflated bloodied wool, but they refused to return. Don&#8217;t blame &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18745\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06220-1024x466.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06220\" width=\"620\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06220-1024x466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06220-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06220.jpg 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18742\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06250-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06250\" width=\"620\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06250-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06250-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06250.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18741\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06216-1024x404.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06216\" width=\"620\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06216-1024x404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06216-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06216.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18737\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06249-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06249\" width=\"620\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06249-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06249-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06249.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phew. Anyway, Team Zagan&#8217;s recovery day seems to have done the trick, and our new rendez-vous is lined up with\u00a0Matt and Jo this evening. I&#8217;ve volunteered to knock up a prawn and chorizo risotto, wish me luck (if all else fails, I&#8217;ll ensure I sink any remaining vino blanco from the ingredients and sulk outside).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18743\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18743\" class=\"wp-image-18743 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06205\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06205.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Message on our Spanish neighbour&#8217;s motorhome to the police: we&#8217;re only parked up, we&#8217;re NOT CAMPING!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18736\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18736\" class=\"wp-image-18736 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06179\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06179.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aragonese letter box savage&#8217;s Ju&#8217;s fingers off!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18733\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18733\" class=\"wp-image-18733 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06259\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC06259.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemon sorbet consumed by over-hairy sun-baked monkey man as his paddle-board wetted shorts make a final attempt to dry in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s eyes (OK, imagine his headlights) are peering upwards as the dark silhouettes of vultures scribe out circles above (in the free aire at Sos Del Ray Cat\u00f3lico, N42.49126 W1.21356). He&#8217;s nervous. Have they detected his impending doom, and are lazily awaiting the opportunity to come and fight over his innards? 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