Molina De Aragon

Today has been eventful day of driving. Leaving our camp at 8am we set straight off for the HU-631 mountain pass of the Pyrenees. This was a route Russ had seen on La Vuelta and it was every bit as thrilling as we expected. Huge winding roads, and massive mountain passes with great views, kites and vultures. It was a great opportunity to get some drone shots of Wanda.
From the Pyrenees we followed a pre-plotted route to Molina De Aragon, A couple of motorways and then into the quieter roads. Our final destination on the pre-plotted route would torrevieja but that was still some 500 miles away so we wouldn’t be reaching that today.
About 30 miles outside Molina de Aragon we spotted about 30 griffin vultures in a field and it was just as we turned into a side road and as luck would have it there was also a lay-by. We stopped, grabbed the camera and jumped out.
Griffin Vultures are huge with a wing span of about 8 foot, we never thought we see one in the wild let alone 30 so for us this was a real treat. We walked slowly towards the vultures down a farm track and just as Russ started to take photos next to an old pig shed we heard a meow........... we looked around and next to the pig shed was the smallest kitten we had ever seen. It fit in the palm of Ellie’s hand, it’s ears were still folded forward and it’s eyes were still shut. There were a few other cats around and Ellie tried palming the kitten off with one of them but they weren’t interested. There were also no other kittens around, or a mum. But there were lots of Vultures. So now we had a choice to make........
Yes we went back for the kitten....... there’s no way we could leave him for the vultures which is obviously what has happened to the others, so we brought it back to Wanda, Russ cleared a beer box and we wrapped it up and put him in it. Then we started looking for vets. They were all closed except for the one 180miles away so then we decided to look for supermarkets. Luckily there was one in Molina de Aragon so we drove the 30 miles, found a supermarket and bought some cat milk. Then we emptied one of Russ’s 10ml e-liquid bottles, washed it out, filled it with cat milk and fed the cat, then Ellie burped it, and then she helped it do it’s business, and 6 hours later the cat is still alive and looking pretty good.
Tonight we are camped right at the the foot of Castillo Molina de Aragon, we have had a walk through the old streets and the town, although a little run down, is stunning. The castle is also beautiful and huge. Tomorrow we will be back on the road, continuing the long drive to torrevieja.Read more