Oh the real Spain is great and a full blown tour is I hope on the cards for the future.My wife and I are retired so we have the time to, not only contemplate, but complete thoroughly enjoyable driving adventures. This year we visited Burgundy for a week, the Tarn region for a week, Lekeitio on the Basque coast of Spain and returned via Bilbao-Portsmouth, the long crossing that,like you,we love. I've done another article about our trip that I hope will appear in 'Miscellany',but if it doesn't I shall post it on my blog (website above), which, at this stage anyway, I am enjoying doing.