A Rochela
25 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Having failed to get to the sea last stop I tried again......here there was nothing to stop me!
Downhill
25 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
So....it was all going so well....I had found the Miño....or at least its beginnings.....and had plans to visit Mandy in Galicia but then it rained.....not just a bit a LOT of RAIN so I diverted to OЧитать далее
Auberge
25 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
After the track from hell I finally I get to a pilgrim refuge....much more up market than I remember!
Ponferrada
26 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The rain stopped for ten minutes so I could snap the Templar Castle
Viana de Bolo
26 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Is it a Rio? Is it a Ria? Don't know but it had a nice bridge.......and called Viana even though still in Galicia
Grey Lunch
26 октября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
So the rain has set in proper like. This grey place is A Gudiña which is on the Camino so hoards of plastic swaddled peregrinos passing whilst I have a disappointing grey lunch and don my own plastic
N2
26 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
So I am in Chaves.....finally Portugal proper having crossed from Spain then back again and then back to Portugal to bypass the dreaded electronic toll. This is where Portugal's Route 66 the N2 startsЧитать далее
Halloween comes to Portugal
26 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
I saw this witch sitting on a roundabout
Parada de Cunhos
26 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A huge area alongside the N2 is burnt.....here is a bit which isn't
Cumieira
26 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I stop at all the best places! This is a winery with huge Port Butts.....I will be having some later.
Lamego
27 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Baroque church in Lamego....not very old, about 1780
Well it has been a great trip but then I have been very lucky with the weather... Particularly in the Picos..... [Mark]
Viseu
27 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This city is rarely visited even though it was once briefly the capital of Galicia and then taken by the Goths. Wiki said the Goths contributed very little to the culture....I wonder what Iron MaidenЧитать далее
Lost!
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This was a big day of getting lost. Riding the N2 is a big thing here.....so they have huge yellow 75 anniversary milestones and brown N2 Rota signs.....all when somebody has found some money to spendЧитать далее
Green
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So I have mentioned all the burnt bits before but there are less of them next to the road here.....even though I am close to Castelo Branco which had a huge fire a few years back......and where it'sЧитать далее
Trapped!
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I slipped and bumped and slid down to the praia fluvial because it boasted an open restaurant....what I didn't know when I took these pictures is that the handle on the inside of the gents toilets isЧитать далее
Pedrógão Pequeno
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
They really go for their dams here ....shame they are all empty.
Not Coffee
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
If you look carefully there is a great little cafe then other side of the bridge...a load of Spanish bikers had stopped here and so should I but I am old enough to be their grandfather so I passed
Miradouro do Penedo Furado
28 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A prime example of 'lost' I had turned when Google said 'Turn' and had spent the last 15 km convinced I was not on the N2 because Google now showed it on the other side of this spectacularЧитать далее
Evor
29 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Very impressive riding in to the city through the arcs in the aquaduct and gates in the city walls up to the temple of Diana.
Accident
29 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So back on the N2 I come round a corner and find a small car wrapped round a tree.......with a lady inside.....she was conscious, trapped and probably had both legs broken. I checked the car wasЧитать далее
Nearly Done
29 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
So rain set in after the accident so I stopped at Beja so as not to slip and make more accidents.....Nearly Done now.
Castro Verde
30 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Better get that rain suit out
Finished!
30 октября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
So I expected some big monument or something......but what I got was a very busy roundabout
ПутешественникI have so enjoyed reading this journey Spike, and seeing the pics. Love to you both. Perhaps you'll visit when you're in UK. xxxx
ПутешественникOf course we will! Glad you enjoyed the trip.....I arrived back just before the Deluge! Xxxx
