Another great thread!
So looking forward to your future Yukon thread.
Also desperately in need of your advice on coping with elderly parents.
We walked back to Estella today. 20 miles and suprisingly unbroken. Lovely to be walking in tee shirt and shorts in tbe sunshine and the highlight was probably seeing vast amounts of mistletoe in the trees. Something i have never seen bofore.
Then we had to go by car to Logono as one of the posse had to catch a bus to Santander. Now at an official (???) Irish pub drinking beer and eating tapas
Is there a book somewhere in this adventure of yours?
Im disappointed to find theres no GoPro footage being released nightly onto you-tube. 🙁 This is the 21st century afterall.
Now at an official (???) Irish pub drinking beer and eating tapas
What constitutes Irish Tapas? I assume it's pretty potato heavy... 😜
Its also fiesta night
Its also fiesta night
Feria Del TJagain?
But what sort of glass is this to serve beer in
Its also fiesta night
Looks like a normal night on Calle Laurel. Great place - every bar has their own speciality tapas, particularly good where the big mushrooms with fried bits of serrano ham on top. And the eggs + chips butty thing.
Calle laurel
Those glasses are also used to serve about a finger of “tinto del año” ie young wine. For when you’re “poteando” from bar to bar. When I first came to Spain they cost 0.20€ each but I imagine they cost a wee bit more now!
Btw did you come across the drinking fountain that serves free wine for Camino walkers?
Apparently we are going there tomorrow. Im sure its a good idea
The bit of the Camino de Santiago that you're likely to be walking is a part of the Eroica Hispania, the 180km route starts in Haro then through several hilltop villages to Logroño and on to Santa Domingo de la Calzada, mainly on gravel tracks. I restored a Peugeot bike to do it last year only to have the event cancelled on the eve due to the organisers forgetting to get a police permit. This time of year is fantastic in La Rioja when the vines start to go golden brown.
I only got to do two days walking. The others had to go home.
Found the wine fountain this morning
Im disappointed to find theres no GoPro footage being released nightly onto you-tube. 🙁 This is the 21st century afterall.
Trouble is it’s more involved as the editing and engaging content creation(as opposed to look another mountain to ride over) sort of get in the way of the actual doing 🙂
I think the nicest compromise is using komoot and putting the route ,pics and write up. I’ve been following a random old German bloke doing a 3 month ride ebike and trailer and his pics routes and auto translated write ups are interesting as it gives you ideas for your own routes, places to stay etc.
Jeepers guys. Its hard enough posting pics for this old luddite.
Looks like i am going to set off again on the bike in a couple of days to meander slowly to Santander to get a ferry back to the UK aiming for the oct 3rd ferry
Don't worry, not much has changed since you left.
Im on my way home. Or at least i will be on Tuesday. Ferry booked Santander to Plymouth. Hire car booked in Plymouth ( but I have my doubts it will actually be there) I'll set off on the bike again on Tuesday to ride to Santander and the ferry is booked for oct 3.
Autumn has arrived here and its time to go home.
A few more days riding to report on.
Well I got one will be sad to see the end of these amicable and uplifting threads. Can you plan something similar next summer please. 👍
North sea to black sea following the Rhine and the Danube with excursions to transylvania and bohemia perhaps?
tjagain
North sea to black sea following the Rhine and the Danube with excursions to transylvania and bohemia perhaps?
Sounds good to me, I could be your support crew ready with a nice pastry and a well chilled beer 😉
Its a long time away yet.
I'm due to retire in either April or June next year, fancy some company?
Now thats an idea.......
Having missed the edit window, it's an excuse for a new bike too!!
🤣
Are you suitably old and slow?
Well if my editing skills are any indication. . .
60 in December and quite a bit slower than a couple of years ago.
Damn! That’s a pretty epic route. Bohemia is a lovely place to ride a motorbike (was there in May and it was amazing), but on a normal bike? Some of the hills were… challenging.
How about a nice, relaxing circumnavigation of the Baltic? You’d get to see a lot of countries. Mostly in daylight if it was in summer.
How about a nice, relaxing circumnavigation of the Baltic?
The Russiary bit might make a proper circumnavigation a little tricky!
I'm hoping we have a like button by then, but until that moment - likes
Wishing you great weather for the last few days riding
I did a circumnavigation of the baltic on a vintage motorcycle many years ago.
Back on the bike again. A little warm up today with 45 miles and 550m climb
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Most of it is on an old railway but the tunnel thru the mountains looks to be closed so have to go over instead.
As ever shiteing myself. Breakfast of pastries 3km down the route
Start in Bergen or something, across to Oslo, Göteborg, then Stockholm, ferry to Finland (or go all the way round on land) Helsinki-Tallinn ferry to avoid the russiary bit then follow the rest of the baltic coast, then turn left to pick up the Danube...
Tough going today. Lovely old railway ut a constant climb into a headwind. I doubt I'll make it to Vittoria tonight so its a trailside camp
Here's the link to the Via-Verdes site which is old Spanish railway lines converted to paths, dunno what TJ's is like(if its a VV) but the few I've ridden are just gravel.
(Just in case anyones starting to plan their next adventure)
I doubt I’ll make it to Vittoria tonight
You must be feeling pretty tyred.
Seeing as your wonderful adventure is coming to an end and I have really enjoyed your threads but never got round to commenting I thought I better get round to it.
Many many thanks for sharing it all, and safe journey home.
I look forward to reading about your next trip where ever it takes you.
Made it to Vittoria. No fecent camp spots the last 20 miles. I may be broken
50 miles on wet gravel with 1700ft of climb. But the campsite has beer😎🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
Lovely days ride mainly on a via verde. Right thru the mountains. The tunnel at the top is closed off it seemsvandbthe signposts were poor for the route so i did a bit more road than needed. Autumn is on its way
Traffic jam on the vv
Several tunnels up to a mile long. One had motion activated sounds. Sheep birdsong then a steam train. Quite disconcerting
Usual lovely old towns
Pizza and beer.
* does the happy dance *
I wonder how the next thread will pan out. I imagine it'll be suitably nordic saga with ferries and hire cars...
A bit more hobbit than viking
