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The next day we had a mega journey fraught with all types of weather. We set off in sunshine up through the countryside North of Madrid. As we travelled further North the snow began to fall. We almost got stuck in a snow drift and the temperatures dropped way below Morocco temperatures! We left the main road and headed for the coast to avoid the snow. As we neared the coast we had to drive through gale force winds. As we crossed the border into France the winds remained, but by the time we got to Bordeaux the weather was back to sunny and calm. We found a great motel called Travel Inn right by the airport which we thoroughly recommend. Its just round the corner from the largest retail park ever with the usual Carrefour. We spent a restful night there.