Bicycles, bread balls and Bastille Day
The Canal de la Garonne is no Leeds-Liverpool canal. For a start, it’s much, much wider, far more beautiful and immaculately well-kept. When I say this, I mean no offence […]
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A bendy bus to Bordeaux
We decided to head for a little weekend city break in Bordeaux. From Big-anus, it was only a quick 22 mile cycle on long, flat, straight roads. Easy peasy. We […]
Big-anus and the giant sand dune
After our happy evening of tinned beans and lake swimming, we slept in until 10 the next morning and casually found our way back to the Eurovelo 1, aiming today […]
A day off that wasn’t and weekend at the beach
After the delight of finding Lobby the Lobster in our tent, we thought we’d have a day off at the beach. We packed up and left the posh lakeside campsite […]
One day, three mountains: Bonjour France!
After our epic 11 hour cycle into Pamplona, we decided to stay for a well-deserved rest day. We spent most of our day off going from bar to bar at […]
Motorways, budgies and tapas in Logrono
After the battle of wine in Haro, we decided to spend the afternoon cycling to our next destination, Logrono, 28 miles away. It was a fairly easy and uneventful ride, […]
Chaos and Confusion in Haro
Since our last blog (6 days ago) we’ve been mostly wandering aimlessly around the streets and plazas of the cute little town of Haro in a confused chorizo-and-red-wine-fuelled haze, trying […]
Hello Haro!
After two days of cycling up mountains, we woke up a little achy, a little sunburnt and just a little bit chaffed. With only a tiny and very sweaty banana […]
The Rain in Spain
Before we left England, we tried not to speculate too much about what our holiday would look like, but if I’d let myself imagine our arrival in Santander, it definitely […]
Packing and kakking
I woke up this morning at 4:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep, which is highly unusual behaviour for me given that I’m a total snooze hound and rarely see […]
Cycle Tramps 