A german couple have just arrived on the site as the rain starts. They are on posh curly barred bikes and only have 6 panniers and one bag bag between them and the have hung a tarp as well as a tent.
They have the wrong stereotype.
Weather dependent and you expect me to plan that far ahead ?
Not at all just keep it in mind for the future
Spent the evening bleathering and drinking beer with the aforementioned german couple and and irish chap. There was a serious thunderstorm as we sheltered under a tarp huddled round an led. 😀
Pishing doon this morning. Coffee time
Two kittens just stole my cheese. No thats not a euphemism 😀
Two other bike tourers arrived lastnight. I think germans as they have a tarp to cover their bikes🤣
I might just stay here another night. Hmmmmmmm
Two Germans, an Irishman and a Scotsman sitting round a 'campfire'...
Has the makings of a terrible joke 😂
Wow. Another fierce thunderstorm. Im glad i decided not to ride today
Mad thunderstorms here in Madrid, too. My vague plan of going for a run has been shelved 🙂
I made it! Im in estella where my pal lives which is pretty much what i set out to do all those months ago.
Wooopeee. Beer oclock update later
Excellant.
So sorry you had anxiety in the city. Something I can identify with.
ENJOY.
I will.
Two kittens just stole my cheese. No thats not a euphemism
it should be, i just don't know what for
I made it! Im in estella where my pal lives which is pretty much what i set out to do all those months ago.
Congratulations TJ, that is a seriously impressive achievement, though not a regular poster i've been following you daily and will miss these threads when you finally stop.
i’ve been following you daily and will miss these threads when you finally stop.
We just need to keep him going....
Hey TJ, can't be that far to Morocco 😄😄
We spend a week in near Estella a few years ago and are planning to go again next year. If you get chance try cycling up to the Urbasa national park you may have passed signs for it in the way from Pampalona.
I think I've seen how this one ends...
🤣
I've not posted much in the thread but it's been amazing to read.
It's been an amazing adventure even as as mere "viewer". Bloody well done tj, I'll be a little gutted when the adventure ends.
Ta chaps
Its been lovely having you following even if its a bit odd.
AA i keep thinking about the portugese coast. Looks really nice.
A few days walking on the camino to do yet then i have to get home somehow. I ain't cycling home
You would have though i would have sussed the pics by now🙄
And the poor lassie who i am visiting
Amazing ride TJ.
I’m another one that’s loved following the adventure, wishing I had the opportunity and the balls to do something like this, maybe one day! Well done!
Loving this 🙂
3000 ish miles. Gawd knows how much climbing. 10 kilos lost. Legs of mahogany and arse of rhino hide
Amazing stuff TJ
Looks wonderful.
Have you been enjoying the heat? Just got back from a three day work trip to Bilbao where the overnight temperature in the city on Monday was 28-32 degrees C...
Bilbao is a fab city but I kept catching glimpses of the hills and mountains that surround it: not enough time and anyway, my bikes were back in Blighty...sigh...
Thanks for sharing this with us TJ.
Im not sure enjoying the heat is quite the thing. Ive been baked dsily but its sure nicer than rain. 30+ daytime temps for 2 months. Eyebrows are sunbleahed and im so tanned i suspect I'll be sent to Rwanda
2 or 3 times been on the edge of heatstroke. Mad dogs and englishmen go outbin the midday sun
TJ, thanks for sharing, been enjoying the updates, it has been very entertaining reading about your travels, and all the wonderful places you have been and the amazing hospitality you have received.
Unfortunately I've not been able to get out for any touring myself for the last couple of years, so this has been brilliant to read. As it's given me my touring fix from the seat of my sofa, without having to turn a pedal 🙂
Hope you enjoy whatever you have planned next. Enjoy a nice relax if you head back home, you deserve it. But whilst you are there I think it would be rude not to continue on to Portugal. You are not that far away really!
Stay safe and enjoy 👍👍
Legs of mahogany and arse of rhino hide
Did you take a photo of yourself before you left? Would be interesting to compare with when you get home. Might even persuade some of us out onto our bikes
Of his legs or his arse ?.
The pics are not really a good advert
Leaving home fresh faced and keen
This morning. Broken hungover old man i dire need of coffee a haircut and a shave
dire need of coffee a haircut and a shave
That's the day sorted then.
That Shand looks a good solid bike.
If you don't mind me asking,how old are you Jeremy?
60 when he started, 120 now 🙂
Lolz at weeksey. Thats what it feels like
Im 61
The shand has been great much to my relief having spent 10x what i have ever spent on a bike before. Not one thing has gone wrong with it bar a quick link broke and the cranks creaked a bit until I tightened them. That was my fault. Also the bike has been really comfy.
Well Paula said " come with me to walk the dogs" what she didnt tell me was it takes over 2 hours over the local mountain.
Lovely view tho
Managed to get everything sorted out today. Got a hire car to go visit some other pals on Saturday ( too far to cycle in the time available ) and also got some walking shoes and a stick for not too much for the walking we are going to do next week.
I cannot believe that its all come together
Still not sorted out how to get home. Ill deal with that next eeek
Looking decent for 61 I should of thought.I can't see much difference in how you look compared to the starting photo.