We're driving up to Seville, where Ross, his girlfriend Lesley and Sarah have their flights home to London.
I just can't get over how quickly you travel in a car. On the highways in Spain each 100 metres is marked off with a single digit from 1 to 9 on the reflective poles by the side of the road, whilst the kilometres have their own sign with the kilometre number on it.
While walking down the highways these signs were pretty important, as I counted my way to the next important point, be it rest stop, garage, or town. After so many kilometres down the roads I had the timing fairly well controlled. Each kilometre was just under 10 minutes, so each 100 metres was just under a minute.
We're cruising along at a fairly decent pace (don't worry Mrs Campbell, Ross is driving very responsibly!), and i'm watching these signs flashing by. A kilometre sign when walking was a major event, in the car you see two a minute. Quite a difference. It's actually almost shocking. Although no doubt even by the time we reach Seville I'll be completely used to this pace again.
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