St-Pied-a-Port to Bayonne: A cheese velodyssey
After a meal out in the lovely little town of St-Pied-a-Port the evening before, we decided to set out the morning after crossing the Pyrenees to our next stop Bayonne, […]
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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 […]
Pamplona, the impenetrable (goblin) city
What a day this was: mechanical failure, getting lost A LOT, 40 degree heat and our longest ever day of cycling. It’s a long one but I’ll explain… On Sunday […]
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, […]
Batalla del vino (Battle of wine 2013) – Haro Wine Festival
As you may have gathered by now, we started our journey in Spain to coincide with the Batalla del Vino, a festival held each year in the wine producing region […]
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 […]
2 days, 2 mountains
After 2 nights in a very rainy Santander we thought it best to crack on with some cycling. Our inital plans were to cycle from Santander to our first proper […]
‘Wanderlust porn’ review #3 – Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie
This is without a doubt the best cycle-related travel book I’ve read so far! The author, Andrew Sykes, isn’t a professional cyclist, he is a seemingly laid-back high school French […]
‘Wanderlust porn’ review #2 – The Man Who Cycled the World
This twinned book and documentary probably had the highest budget of the different projects I’ve reviewed, and it showed. The book was extremely well written and the documentary expertly put together by […]
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