Spain to the Dordogne

Last day in Spain was rather cloudy so we made the most of the day by putting in a longish hop of around 180 miles back into France. Although this was mostly A8 motorway (but with tolls) it did involve negotiating both Santander and Bilbao's Friday afternoon traffic. Not a pleasant drive. A detour thru San Sebastion was a big mistake as it had nowhere to park two motorhomes, but at least we found a large Eroski supermarket to stock up on food and diesel before crossing the border into France. We had an ice cream (first and last in Spain) and pressed on to stop over night on a camping cheque site near St Jean de Luz. We ate outside but it thundered and rained overnight. Frenchman cheered us up by telling us there would be storms all weekend. Although it was wet again we left 'the storms' behind us as we headed north East towards the Dordogne and Mike found us a very nice Aire for the night by the Garonne canal just of the D733. Just got there in time to take the last two places. We had coffee and croisants at the local cafe/shop in exchange for our free night before the last 75 miles to the Dordogne.