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Wednesday 2nd January 2019 - Embalse de Salor, nr Caceres.

What a lovely quiet night we had.  Total darkness, starry skies and sunny morning.  Most of the places we have stayed haven't been out in the quiet countryside so there is usually some ambient noise, so total peace and quiet was nice.

Our plan was to drive to Merida an old town which was the capital of the Lusitania Region of the Roman Empire (Janice thought it was 'Lustitania'). It is full of Roman buildings...in pretty good condition. 

Have you ever seen such a frightening gladiator!

The Roman Theatro.....it looks like it has had some renovation but it is as good as you can see anywhere, including Rome.

Roman Goddess of Plenty!

We also went to see the Alcazaba and the Roman Bridge and the Temple of Diana.

You can tell that we had a sunny day.  It started off around 0 degrees and ended up mid teens.....a lovely day, even though Janice kept her jacket on!

We continued to travel north for another wildcamp location.  We got off the motorway before we reached Caceres and found a lovely lake to stay next to.

Complete peace and quiet again, beautiful sunset and no-one in sight.  We did have to risk a rutted road to get down to the lake.  I hope we manage to get back up it tomorrow.