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- fredag 7 april 2023 19:42
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 9 m
SkottlandCausewayhead56°7’37” N 3°55’11” W
On your marks....
7 april 2023, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Last job done! Bikes packed!! Heading south tomorrow. Then north for ...... ever😬
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- Dag 2
- söndag 9 april 2023 15:14
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Höjd över havet: 36 m
PortugalCabo de São Vicente37°1’24” N 8°59’44” W
Get set...
9 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLäs mer
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- Dag 3
- måndag 10 april 2023 09:52
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Höjd över havet: 21 m
- PortugalBarranco do Vale Burrinho37°10’60” N 8°53’43” W
Go!!!
10 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Start as I mean to go on...
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- måndag 10 april 2023 21:10
- 🌙 16 °C
- Höjd över havet: 38 m
- PortugalOdemira37°35’45” N 8°38’30” W
Odemira
10 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 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 outLäs mer
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- Dag 4
- tisdag 11 april 2023 16:37
- Höjd över havet: 175 m
- PortugalAdega Varrasquinho37°57’49” N 8°5’11” W
Ervidel
11 april 2023, Portugal
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 aLäs mer
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- onsdag 12 april 2023 18:36
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Höjd över havet: 241 m
- PortugalMontemor-o-Novo38°38’53” N 8°13’1” W
Montemor-o-novo
12 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 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.Läs mer
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- Dag 6
- torsdag 13 april 2023 18:15
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höjd över havet: 178 m
- PortugalPraça Barão da Batalha39°27’45” N 8°12’14” W
Abrantes
13 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 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 fasterLäs mer
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- Dag 7
- fredag 14 april 2023 22:35
- 🌙 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 39 m
- PortugalPraça da Alegria38°43’3” N 9°8’39” W
Lisbon
14 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 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 .
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- Dag 8
- lördag 15 april 2023 15:58
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höjd över havet: 30 m
- PortugalSanta Apolónia38°42’51” N 9°7’22” W
Lisbon.2
15 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
History, high art, hills and hot
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- Dag 9
- söndag 16 april 2023 11:21
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Höjd över havet: 572 m
- PortugalSerra da Melriça39°41’39” N 8°7’49” W
Pedrogao pequeno
16 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasLäs mer
ResenärHealth and safety would never allow such low parapets in the uk. Even in the 17th century...🤣
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- Dag 10
- måndag 17 april 2023 17:29
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Höjd över havet: 51 m
- PortugalCabeço da Morada40°16’36” N 8°16’0” W
Penacova
17 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 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 onLäs mer
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- tisdag 18 april 2023 21:02
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Höjd över havet: 493 m
- PortugalPraça de Dom Duarte40°39’34” N 7°54’42” W
Viseu
18 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 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 butLäs mer
ResenärHad an excellent Eccles pike descent today. No Capris going the other way...
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- onsdag 19 april 2023
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höjd över havet: 88 m
- PortugalRibeiro da Meia Légua41°9’46” N 7°48’16” W
Peso da Regua
19 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 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.Läs mer
ResenärLove the sound of that descent. It would be bloody chilly to do that here. Keep peddling.
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- torsdag 20 april 2023 20:11
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Höjd över havet: 82 m
- PortugalRibeiro da Meia Légua41°9’45” N 7°48’16” W
Pochino
20 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 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 (Läs mer
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- Dag 14
- fredag 21 april 2023 22:43
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 88 m
- PortugalRibeiro da Meia Légua41°9’46” N 7°48’16” W
Peso da Regua
21 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Rest day today. Explored a few vineyards and produce thereof. It rained!! Last day with Hels. 😔
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- Dag 15
- lördag 22 april 2023 20:20
- 🌙 13 °C
- Höjd över havet: 687 m
- PortugalLhargo D. João III41°29’44” N 6°16’25” W
Miranda do Douro
22 april 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 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 todayLäs mer
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- Dag 16
- söndag 23 april 2023 20:29
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Höjd över havet: 739 m
SpanienCanal de Campos41°52’55” N 5°2’42” W
Medina de Rioseco
23 april 2023, Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 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. RockyLäs mer
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- måndag 24 april 2023 19:46
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Höjd över havet: 878 m
- SpanienPlaza Mayor42°20’33” N 3°42’14” W
Burgos
24 april 2023, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 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 lookedLäs mer
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- tisdag 25 april 2023 18:40
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Höjd över havet: 411 m
- SpanienPlaza Darmstadt42°27’56” N 2°27’6” W
Logorno
25 april 2023, Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 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'tLäs mer
ResenärHope you have a couple of glasses of Rioja tonight along with the tapas. Sounds like it’s well deserved if nothing else to calm the nerves after those lorries 👍🍷🍷
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- onsdag 26 april 2023 18:16
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Höjd över havet: 463 m
- SpanienMonumento a los Fueros42°48’59” N 1°38’39” W
Pamplona
26 april 2023, Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 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 inLäs mer
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Spain is really strong in their antisexist signs. Lots round Girona too
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- torsdag 27 april 2023 17:01
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Höjd över havet: 69 m
FrankrikeUntxin43°23’8” N 1°40’31” W
St Jean de Luz
27 april 2023, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 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 andLäs mer
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- fredag 28 april 2023 18:17
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Höjd över havet: 44 m
- FrankrikeAureilhan44°13’4” N 1°11’31” W
Mimizan
28 april 2023, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 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 oldLäs mer
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- Dag 22
- lördag 29 april 2023 22:25
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 36 m
- FrankrikePiraillan44°42’32” N 1°13’52” W
Cap Ferret
29 april 2023, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 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.Läs mer
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- söndag 30 april 2023 23:28
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 31 m
- FrankrikePiraillan44°42’31” N 1°13’52” W
Cap Ferret
30 april 2023, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 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 aLäs mer
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- måndag 1 maj 2023 21:40
- 🌙 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 37 m
- FrankrikeJonzac Railway Station45°26’23” N 0°26’30” W
ResenärJealous beyond words. Look forward to following this adventure.
ResenärOnwards and UPwards! All the best Simon! On yer bike…
All the best Simon. [Colin Abercrombie]