On your marks....
2023年4月7日, スコットランド ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Last job done! Bikes packed!! Heading south tomorrow. Then north for ...... ever😬
Get set...
2023年4月9日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So we're finally here at the start line. Sagres describes itself as the end of the world( or, alternatively, the last bratwurst before America: I think those two descriptions are really saying theもっと詳しく
Go!!!
2023年4月10日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Start as I mean to go on...
Odemira
2023年4月10日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
First day completed. Brisk headwind was challenging especially for the first hour or two. The windmills should have been a clue. surprisingly wild coastline. Lots of surf dudes in bombed outもっと詳しく
Ervidel
2023年4月11日, ポルトガル
And so into the baking interior. Lovely rolling countryside lit up by spring wild flowers. A bit of roadkill as reminder of the beasties in the bushes: maybe wild camping not such a good idea? And aもっと詳しく
Montemor-o-novo
2023年4月12日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Cooler today. Fast start then a relaxed afternoon( museum stop & large lunch put paid to record setting) large birds fighting overhead- ?storks. A snake jumped out of the undergrowth in front of me.もっと詳しく
Abrantes
2023年4月13日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Pre breakfast and chilly start allowed for multiple pasteis da nata breaks as we ate up the miles through relatively flat repetition of days 2 and 3. Lakeside at montaguil- but road busier and fasterもっと詳しく
Lisbon
2023年4月14日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Feel guilty posting this but a day ( or two) off from the bikes and trained into Lisbon. What an amazing yet confusing city! Plenty of A- listed sights , but so much more to wander around .
Lisbon.2
2023年4月15日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
History, high art, hills and hot
Pedrogao pequeno
2023年4月16日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
And into the hills.. hot today and the northerly winds eased a bit. Most of this part of the n2 has new faster bypass bits- once we realised the old road still existed, was in good condition and wasもっと詳しく
Penacova
2023年4月17日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Amazing meandering road through the heat of the mountains today with plenty climbing and a 20k descent . However a dark side to this scenery: we're told the devastating fires of 2017 were started onもっと詳しく
Viseu
2023年4月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A day of variety. The first bit cool and shady following hydroelectric complex- flat and lakeside interspersed with 12% ramps up the dams. Most of the N2 cycle way is very well signposted here butもっと詳しく
Peso da Regua
2023年4月19日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Viseu was marvellous but is surrounded by hills. Geographically we reached a the high point today- possibly for the whole trip? otherwise the high point was an interrupted 30km/ 800m descent to Peso.もっと詳しく
Pochino
2023年4月20日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Peso is where we split from the n2 and I start to head east ( and Helen will head west to Porto and home). The Douro valley is a "must see" destination with terraced vineyards cascading down (もっと詳しく
Peso da Regua
2023年4月21日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Rest day today. Explored a few vineyards and produce thereof. It rained!! Last day with Hels. 😔
Miranda do Douro
2023年4月22日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Sad to see Helen off on the train to Porto and her own adventures packing her bike away. My train back to pocinho was cancelled then delayed so didn't get on the road til 1pm. Decidedly cooler todayもっと詳しく
Medina de Rioseco
2023年4月23日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Well finally crossed into Spain! I awoke to eagles circling above the Douro gorge that makes the portguese/ Spanish border and they remained a feature of the first couple of hours cycling. Rockyもっと詳しく
Burgos
2023年4月24日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Another sizeable day with favourable tail winds and flat terrain- it took more than 2 hrs to have climbed 30metres! Just as well as all I could find for breakfast was doughnuts. Palencia lookedもっと詳しく
Logorno
2023年4月25日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I discovered a new range of mountains today - the sierra de cebollera. They lie between Burgos and Logorno- and became my high point of the ride so far. Fortunately Burgos sits at 850m so there wasn'tもっと詳しく
Pamplona
2023年4月26日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A hilly one today with no friendly tailwind. But bumped into Aussie Steven on his Brompton somewhere in the middle which passed some time. I left Rioja almost as soon as I arrived and am now inもっと詳しく
St Jean de Luz
2023年4月27日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Wow! What a route today. I had been apprehensive about finding a route through the Pyrenees: big mountains/ complex geography/ lots of unrecognisable place names mixed with the occasional motorway andもっと詳しく
Mimizan
2023年4月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Too far today. Partly dictated by weather ( might be raining tomorrow) but also due to accomodation options, I did my longest ride today. Despite being the flatest, it was too far. You know the oldもっと詳しく
Cap Ferret
2023年4月29日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
" easier day today" but somehow still totalled > 90k. Lat night was a slightly strange "chambre d'hote" experience eating with the hosts then listening to the squeaky bed next door- for a long time.もっと詳しく
Cap Ferret
2023年4月30日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Rest day. Didn't touch the bike apart from moving it the shed to get the sun lounger out. Midday trip to Cap Ferret and my most expensive coffee yet- even with a "s'il vous plait" and aもっと詳しく





























































































































































































旅行者Jealous beyond words. Look forward to following this adventure.
旅行者Onwards and UPwards! All the best Simon! On yer bike…
All the best Simon. [Colin Abercrombie]