I’m back in Granada and Jake is back in the US; we had a great trip as you can see from the earlier posts! Tale of the tape: Distance travelled: 842km Days of riding: 11 Days of rain: 1/2 day Number of fully functioning cameras: 1 out of 3. Number of times we had to [...]
We arrived in Santiago yesterday afternoon after a harder than expected ride from Sanxenxo; there was a strong headwind the whole way that left us feeling sandblasted by the end. We passed some cute coastal cities along the way, Galicia has an amazing amount of coastline and for us, perfect weather. The cathedral in Santiago [...]
We decided to spend another day here in Sanxenxo, the weather, the beach and the lack of desire to wander winery to winery with our bikes fully loaded made it the perfect choice for the day. We explored the area a bit by bike and visited wineries. There are quite a variety of wineries here, [...]
We got up really early today for a long ride to Pontevedra, this time in a bus. We arrived at the bus station and biked along the coast to Sanxenxo, a great little town. Leaving Asturias we also left the grey cold weather behind; after finding a place to stay for the night we headed [...]
We arrived in Gijón today and heard about the earthquake in Lorca, much closer to my home in Granada than we are currently, scary though and I hope for the best for those in Lorca. We started the day on a rough footing, I blame the bartender in Llanes, I suspect Jake blames me. The [...]