The Rain in Spain - Is mainly exported to Austria

My mistake. I said in the last blog entry that the weather was warming up
again after a few days of rain. What I should have said was that we were
expecting a very cold and wet week, as that is exactly what we have had. The
sun has popped out for the briefest of appearances and it has mostly been
around 12C during the day and pretty wet. Not that this is a great problem
for us as we can just sit tight and do some indoor things like reading or
listening to the radio, or even the odd spot of cleaning. The scrabble and
cards have made several outings also. We feel sorry for the poor people who
are only here for a week or two on their annual holiday as they have a very
cold and wet time of it especially if they are pitched on the grassy areas
of the site. We are on a nice gravel hardstanding so no mud at our door. The
site emptied out a bit over the last few days with people going home early
probably hoping for some sun back at base camp.
We have been here for just over two weeks now and will stay on for a bit
longer as despite the rain it is a very nice site and the surrounding area
is great. The bikes have made the odd trip out when the weather has been at
its best, but I must admit we don't feel too keen in the mornings when it is
pouring down despite having some nice new cycling waterproof jackets we
purchased the other day. This morning we were going to cycle up one of the
nearby hills at St Martin that has 7 or so churches / chapels on the 2km
route, not far but it does climb up 250m on the way.
The river next to the site has been gushing away with all the rain. We have
been assured by the site owner, a friendly chap called Robert, that the
prospect of it flooding is not likely as it is too cold to melt any of the
high level snow that may have fallen in the last week or so on the
surrounding mountains that feed the river. Not sure if that means it will
flood if we get a heat wave and more rain though!
Tomorrow if it is still wet we will head over to Salzburg as there is a big
shopping retail park there. Nothing like a bit of retail therapy, or window
shopping in our case, to wash away the wet weather blues. If the rain does
ease off we will probably do some trips out to places like Kitzbuhel, and
also Berchtesgaden over the border in Germany.

Anyway, despite the wet weather we are still very much enjoying ourselves
and planning all of our future options.

Cheers for now

M&S