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Originally Posted by
JMo
That area is lovely - I took that route through the mountains to Leon from Bilbao - very Alpinesque! There is a corking road over the fonte de cova (I think that's how it's spelt)...
You are on track for the ride of your life down there!
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Your not wrong!!
WOW!!! What a fantastic place to ride. I stuck to tarmac, but with all the tracks I could see I could have done the 250miles all off-road and there were no shortage of camping spots!!
I wore flats on my tyres on the Autoroutes through France, but I certainly wore the edges down the last two days!! I was glad of a straight road for a rest...... well almost!
I had to bail out and hit the motorway for the last 60-70 miles as the day was going fast in the mountains. I stopped for lunch here:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=pt-...,0.054932&z=14
And met with three welsh blokes who where on their way to get the ferry in Santander after a ride through Burgos and Madrid.
Spent the night close to Leon.....pushed the boat out a bit and found a hotel for 20euros......
Yesterday I passed over three small mountain ranges and into Portugal via Braganza.
Arrived in Aveiro, Portugal yesterday, 1503 miles in total.
Few days rest and I get to do it all again for the ride home, although as I have been a lucky, lucky b�stard with four days of glorious sun shine I think I`ll be paying for that on the way back.......waterproofs at the ready.
Nick.