On your marks....
7 апреля 2023 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Last job done! Bikes packed!! Heading south tomorrow. Then north for ...... ever😬
Get set...
9 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
Go!!!
10 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Start as I mean to go on...
Odemira
10 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 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 outЧитать далее
Ervidel
11 апреля 2023 г., Португалия
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 aЧитать далее
Montemor-o-novo
12 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Abrantes
13 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 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 fasterЧитать далее
Lisbon
14 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 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
15 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
History, high art, hills and hot
Pedrogao pequeno
16 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasЧитать далее
Penacova
17 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 onЧитать далее
Viseu
18 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 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 butЧитать далее
Peso da Regua
19 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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.Читать далее
Pochino
20 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 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 (Читать далее
Peso da Regua
21 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Rest day today. Explored a few vineyards and produce thereof. It rained!! Last day with Hels. 😔
Miranda do Douro
22 апреля 2023 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 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 todayЧитать далее
Medina de Rioseco
23 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 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. RockyЧитать далее
Burgos
24 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 lookedЧитать далее
Logorno
25 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 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'tЧитать далее
Pamplona
26 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 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 inЧитать далее
St Jean de Luz
27 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 andЧитать далее
Mimizan
28 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 oldЧитать далее
Cap Ferret
29 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Cap Ferret
30 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 aЧитать далее
jonzac
1 мая 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
2 parts to today- the pancake flat medoc- lots of forest and scrub land , making way to vineyards that produce some of the worlds most expensive wine( eg chateau Margaux). Drizzly and cool but neverЧитать далее





























































































































































































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