In Cadiz

Just spoken to the intrepid explorers and they've reached the southern coast of Spain, where it's bucketing down with rain (not quite their words). The car is OK, but makes crunching noises when they go round corners - no corners in the Sahara, so that's alright then. Most of the cars in their team have now arrived at the hotel, although some latecomers complained about mud sliding down off the hills onto the roads and nearly not making it at all. Eek. Nothing a good meal won't sort out judging by the sounds of the hotel restaurant in the background. Sounds like it's all Rioja and tapas so far, what happened to the roughing it and beans and dried veg? Next stop Morocco - let's hope they don't have corners there either.