Day 16 – We succomb and Scoot finds a lady friend, perhaps? . . .

With every church door locked and an overpriced entrance fee greeting us at every “cathedral”, we’ve remained relatively relic free so far.

The day is set fair with highs of 17C forecast, so we Scoot the 12K down the coast into Tarragona’s historic section. A mix of Roman and Medieval. Hemmed in on one side by the coast and its railway line leaves us little option but to utilise the motorway-like route in. Not particularly pleasant on Scoot’s tiny frame that gets wind blasted and lorry blasted this way then the other. Even with two on board he does his level best to reach his top speed of 56mph.

After last autumn’s visit to Herculaneum, most Roman sites tend to pale into insignificance by comparison. Tarragona’s ruins no exception and do little to inspire our interest. We walk the ancient narrow streets, some more colourful than others.

Then we succomb. Pay 10Euros to enter the cathedral and get pleasantly surprised.

It’s footprint is huge. It’s relatively small facing facade hiding a museum and beautiful enclosed cloisters too.

It’s a suntrap and we’re not the only ones bathing in the warmth.

With Tarragona ticked off we Scoot over to Reus and spend a couple of hours in the Gaudi Centre. His fascination with the natural world, science and mathmatics the inspiration behind many of his incredible and innovative architectural designs.

It’s past 6pm by the time we head back to Scoot. He’s reluctant to leave. Seems he’s only gone and got himself a girlfriend, we think!