Then we went into Sabinanigo to get food in the Mercadona for dinner for Saturday and Sunday. This is the sculpture just before we get to the supermarket. Testimony to the wildlife in the Pyrenees I think.
We went into town to have a look about and had a coffee and a flat crisp pastry with almonds - a bit like a sweet poppadum.
The diesel at the petrol station near the Mercadona was very cheap so Jim was tempted. It was operated by credit card but the instructions were in Spanish (naturally!) and were quite complicated. As we were trying to decipher them another car pulled in equally tempted. I asked the man if he spoke English and he replied "A little". So we explained the problem and asked him how to operate it. He scrutinised the instructions and, in French, asked his female companion if she could enlighten us. He asked me if I could speak French and I replied "Un peu". Then he revealed that he was French and had no Spanish! I don't know why I was surprised because we were just across the border from France or just because we were just across the border from France! As it turns out most French on the Spanish border have little or no French. All 4 of us had to leave without the very cheap diesel and go to a petrol station that was manned by petrol attendants and where the diesel cost a LOT MORE!
After delivering the shopping home we went into Biescas and wandered about. I took some photos en route.
We got our diesel just on the main road outside Biescas and the friendly service made up for the increased cost. On our way back home we stopped at the turn off for the Dolmen of Santa Elena. The path there was very steep and I was not so enthusiastic about seeing the dolmen in its 1975 reconstructed form that I was willing to embark on a tough slog up followed by a precarious descent! We contented ourselves without difficulty with strolling as far as the bridge and looking over! In the "car park" there were a few youg men, much more adventurous than us, obviously preparing for serious climbing.
On our way home we stopped to look more closely at the Bubal Dam. This reservoir collects the waters of the river Gallego (a tributary of the Ebro) and other streams that run down from the surrounding mountains. It was inaugurated in 1971. To create it part of the urban centre of the town of Bubal was flooded. We could see the dam from our house but a closer viewing allowed us to see the remains of buildings and the remains of a bridge as well as the surrounding scenery.
Back home I had noticed that there was a DVD player which pleased me as I had brought a few DVDs to amuse us in the evenings. Unfortunately it had no remote control and the buttons on the DVD did not work. I wish homelinkers were honest about the facilities available for theor exchangers. It is one thing not to be able to work the TV or DVD player but another thing if it doesn't work at all!
Wall Hanging in the house which we thought was very nice.
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