Back to Bilbao

Our plan was to take the train back to Bilbao. This involved a regular service to Ferrol and then two days of narrow-gauge back along our coastal route. After finding it was too late to ‘mail’ our bikes and guarantee delivery in Bilbao before flying back to England, we checked into an unremarkable hotel and …

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Camino Inglès (part 2)

(Much overdue post; better get it done before the new summer journal starts in a couple of days) Reasonably priced hotels seemed to be in short supply but we found one for a splurge. When we mentioned to possibility of two nights, we were redirected to an apartment the hotel had in the old city. …

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Camino Inglès (part 1)

Saturday 9th August, 32.8 km, Ferrol – Pontedeume After a typically limited Spanish breakfast, we did battle with the bikes to get them back down to street level, loaded up and then found our way to the tourist office at the beginning of the Camino Inglès. There was some event going on – it looked …

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Sticking with the coast

Wednesday 5th August, 61.2 km, Villaframil – Viveiro A long day (for us). Now we’re really off the Camino del Norte, despite seeing a sign for it and the Camino do Mar above a shop. Bev went in to see if we could get any information about the Camino do Mar. No luck as far as …

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The last of the coast?

Friday 31st July, 27.4 km, Aviles – San Esteban de Pravia A frustrating day. We didn’t seem to be able to move more than a couple of hundred metres before having to refer to the guide. Arrows are intermittent. It seems that four hours seems to pass in the mornings before we can cover 10 km. …

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