When I arrived in Leon it was the start of the interesting cycling again. The previous days had been the flat plains which are brown, dry and well, pretty flat. The Spain that you know! The topography of Northern Spain is very hilly/mountainous on the sides/top and flat in the middle. Leon was the start […]
I made a mistake. I guess I thought I was choosing an easy option which in my book is always the best play. Any fool can be uncomfortable, save your energy to fight the battles that need fighting, don’t be a martyr and put yourself in the fight. By deciding to cycle the route of the […]
I left France from St Jean Pied de Port and headed uphill over the Pyrenees. It turns out it’s quite hilly in Spain. The route has been a slightly strange mixture of deserted main roads due to a ‘new’ dual carriageway having been built next to the old main road and busy main roads where […]
I left the Eurovelo 6 (European Cycle Route) near Digoin and headed South West through France. This was the way I had been advised to go, across the Northern part of the Central Massif. I was told it was miles more interesting if a tad hilly. The scenery was great, it was definitely hilly but […]
My mind has been full of decisions to make over the last few weeks. I’ve been conscious that Spain has been approaching and I didn’t have a plan on what to do when I got there. Just getting to Spain would be amazing and somewhat emotional as it would be the first part of the […]
The last of the flat lands, continuing along Les Doubs to where it met La Saône, until I got to the point just west of Digoin where I went south for the hills!
I was advised to go across the northern part of the Massif Central in France by a particular nice French lady. She suggested my plan of going directly west following the Eurovelo route 6 which follows rivers and is flat as being boring. ‘Yes there are hills if you go across the Massif but […]
I’m starting to understand why people say long trips such as mine are as much or more a mental challenge than a physical one. Of course I thought I knew that before I began but I can feel the emotions now. I’ve had days where the cycling has being boring. I find cycling along roads […]
During the last leg of my trip down the Rhine in Germany I stopped at Kehl to have a day off. Strasbourg was a walk over the bridge into France. I spent a day exploring the old city which is surrounded by a moat. It’s very picturesque (apart from the station, mon dieu!). Stick a glass […]
The last section of my ride along the Rhine was through southern Germany from Speyer, through Germersheim, Karlsruhe, Plittersdorf, Kehl, Ottenheim, Rust, Sabach am Kaiserstuhl, Breisach, Neuenberg, Bad Bellingen and finally Weil am Rhein and across the border into Basel. It was very different down there, hardly any river traffic, the river actually got shallow […]