Badajoz

My last flight today, to Badajoz (loosely pronounced Barahoth), a town 2 hours north from Jerez, beyond Seville. On the way up a strange sight. The world's biggest solar power plant, just north of Seville. The suns rays are directed from a series of moveable mirrors towards a tower, through which water is pumped. The water boils, and this is used to create electricity.

Once again the wind was blowing quite hard across the Spanish plain, so this time I had a 20 knot headwind on the way up (2.5hrs) and a 20 knot tailwind on the way back (1.5hrs).

Badajoz itself is close to the Portugese border, and my plan was to fly from here over to Portugal and the Atlantic coast. However the winds were just too strong at the airfields where I would need to refuel.

And so ends the flying in Spain. I hope you've enjoyed reading about it.