We spend today winding through the glorious mountains of the Picos de Europa and the Pyrenees, soaring heights on all sides. Luckily the road is often set in the valleys, bringing with it scents of […]
2017 Day Thirty Nine
Not quite as planned today. We’re traveling for distance, ostensibly to end the day in Oviedo, ready to explore tomorrow. Our way is through the Picos de Europa, a mountain range that straddles the Austurias […]
2017 Day Thirty Eight
A short way down the road from Santander is the aristocrat town of Santillana del Mar, which despite its name is nowhere near the sea. Santillana del Mar, once deemed Spain’s most beautiful town […]
2017 Day Thirty Seven
There really ought to be a feature on map apps where you can press a button to loudly yell “liar!”. The plan was simple enough: locate the market, cycle there, buy yummy things, cycle back. […]
2017 Day Thirty Six
West my friends, west to Santander. Plans to travel beachside are somewhat highjacked by TomTom, insisting on freeway. It’s not a bad thing though, roads are wet and I’d rather not plumet to my death […]
2017 Day Thirty Five
We’ve scored a good day to explore Bilbao, drizzly in the morning, clear and cool to follow. From our vantage point, the city is shrouded in fog and mist – I’m glad I took my […]
2017 Day Thirty Four
Our journey along the Basque coast continues and the pattern of yesterday continues – forest indispersed with sea views and the occasional high rise seaside town. Blue gum plantings join the eucalypts, their silvery blue […]
2017 Day Thirty Three
And so this morning we leave. I would have liked to have spent a little more time in San Sebastian, explored a little further, but it’s the heat that wins in the end. With the […]
2017 Day Thirty Two
Any way I count it, there’s no denying we’ve been away for a month, almost a third of our time away. The good news is that there’s two months to go. Yay! I am in […]
2017 Day Thirty One
Another day in paradise…or at least it starts out that way. With the promise of heat later, the morning is devoted to walking the bay from Monte Urgull into the old city, along the spectacular […]
