Saint Malo to Bilbao! We’re off!

[blackrat]

Thanks for all the pics, Cathryn. Nice to have family with you.
I think travelling with friends or family is far better than riding solo.
Ken.

 

[Emanresu]

Hope you saw the cat when you were in Bilbao. Interesting city.

 

[Cathryn]

Hope you saw the cat when you were in Bilbao. Interesting city.

Which cat? Don’t say I missed a cat! We love cats!

 

[middle of the road]

Did you use the Transporter Bridge? It took me 3 visits before I managed to. The two earlier attempts found the bridge closed for repairs. The final time was touch and go as it shuts for lunch and the girl in the ticket office had to phone the operator to see which side he was stopping for lunch.
We found an old suspension bridge upstream which was closed to cars but open for cyclists and walkers so I managed to avoid the busy main bridge downstream.

 

[Emanresu]

Sorry. I will need to get my eyes tested again. It was a puppy

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...ilbao_Province_of_Vizcaya_Basque_Country.html

PS If you are planning next year, you could do the next section Bilbao - A Coruna along the north Spain coast. Beautiful much like Cornwall but with sun and sand.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Very cool trip with great pic's too!

 

[Cathryn]

Sorry. I will need to get my eyes tested again. It was a puppy
PS If you are planning next year, you could do the next section Bilbao - A Coruna along the north Spain coast. Beautiful much like Cornwall but with sun and sand.

We did see the puppy, it was very very cute actually.

Next year, I'm thinking:
* Strasbourg - Black Forest - Switzerland - Annecy - Vercors - Ventoux - Marseille or
* Germany/Austria
* Diagonale du vide
* Slovenia

Always up for suggestions though

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Love the day 13 greenway

 

[Cathryn]

Did you use the Transporter Bridge? It took me 3 visits before I managed to. The two earlier attempts found the bridge closed for repairs. The final time was touch and go as it shuts for lunch and the girl in the ticket office had to phone the operator to see which side he was stopping for lunch.
We found an old suspension bridge upstream which was closed to cars but open for cyclists and walkers so I managed to avoid the busy main bridge downstream.

we did, there’s a photo of us on it! We’d actually done one in France as well and didn’t expect a second! The Spanish one was surprisingly speedy too!

 

[Cathryn]

Love the day 13 greenway

The bike paths in France and Spain were astonishing! We felt so safe, which, after Italy last year, was really nice!

 

[richardfm]

we did, there’s a photo of us on it! We’d actually done one in France as well and didn’t expect a second! The Spanish one was surprisingly speedy too!

But have you been on the one in Newport Gwent?

 

[Cathryn]

But have you been on the one in Newport Gwent?

alas no!

 

[richardfm]

alas no!

Apart from the excitement of a transporter bridge you aren't missing a lot.

 

[Cathryn]

One final note - I've started doing the crazyguy journal for the trip and thought I'd share it here. I nearly didn't write one becase they're so much work, but I really love looking back and reading them so decided it was worth the time investment.

https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3d2&doc_id=25962&v=23

 

[All uphill]

Thank you so much for the CGOAB link!

I'm pretty sure that I will follow in your tyre tracks next May, instead of my usual trip to NL.