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Re-tyrement without Alison
Lands End to John O’Groats Day 1 Home to Lands End I wasn’t going to do it but I couldn’t help myself. The events of today require another blog post. The start of a three week coast to coast jaunt from Lands End to John O’Groats. On this occasion without Alison as she has done…
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Day 47 and beyond. Santiago de Compostela to home.
A couple of days to spend exploring Santiago and some retail therapy. We didn’t have to worry about how much weight we can carry on our bikes. Just how much weight we could take on the plane. Our planning for the return journey was successful. We picked up the boxed bicycles and one of the…
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Day 46 Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre
Coach party We are converts. Why puff and pant up hills, sweat in the sun and get soaked to the skin when you can be taken to your destination in air conditioned luxury? Coach is the way to travel. We had a lively band of travel companions on board. A group of four mountain bike…
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Day 45 Santiago de Compostela
Walking 11 miles Temperature 19 degrees A very busy day. A lot of time was spent working out how to get home. Only one flight out of Santiago to the UK this week and only two ferries a week from Santander. The ferries are fully booked until next week so we will fly home. All…
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Day 44 Melide to Santiago de Compostela
Distance 37 miles Ascent 865 metres Descent 1056 metres Temperature 16 degrees A pattern is developing at the start of the day. I get up and switch on the lights. The lights fuse. The water heater hasn’t been out of the bag for several days. We have developed strange powers. We cycle to the end…
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Day 43 Portomarín to Melide
Distance 25.5 miles Ascent 777 metres Descent 728 metres Temperature 13 degrees A relaxed start to the day as we had another lie in and heard the walkers leaving early. The Spanish grid is safe. We had coffee in the nearby cafe. As we set off on the climb out of Portomarín we spied a…
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Day 42 Fonfria to Portomarín
Distance 32.5 miles Ascent 676 metres Descent 1387 metres Woke at 7.00am to low cloud, rain, wind and temperature of 8 degrees. We decided to have a leisurely start but without the early morning cup of tea. Alison has said the water heater is now for emergencies only but am not quite sure what constitutes…
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Day 41 Ponferrada to Fonfria
Distance 38 miles Ascent 1714 metres Descent 963 metres Temperature 15 degrees Water heater update. No tea in our room this morning but breakfast in the Hostal cafe instead. We are mountaineers. We followed Christophe’s route which took us up gradients so steep they were unrideable even for Level 12 cyclists. We spent a lot…
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Day 40 Astorga to Ponferrada
Distance 35.7 miles Ascent 814 metres Descent 1168 metres Temperature 20 degrees A lot more cyclists on the Camino now and we are enjoying exchanging stories as we go along. This morning two fellow bicygrinos staying at our hotel were mending a puncture first thing. A disappointing start to the day for them. Then a…
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Day 39 León to Astorga
Distance 34.3 miles Ascent 392 metres Descent 350 metres Temperature 19 degrees Today started with a bang. Alison fused the lights in our Hostal bedroom whilst making us an early morning cup of tea. We made slow progress today as much of the route was on the walker’s unmade road. The bikes are unsteady on…
Alison and Alison and the art of re-tyrement 