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You have forgotten again. You are homeless.
5 years agoEverybody’s a critic.
5 years agoThey both look pretty old to me. 😁
5 years agoI am very much enjoying reading your Iberia 13 report and I've only just seen the long list of other trips you've done! Wow! What an inspiration you both are. I want your life! There are a ton of questions I would love to ask but I will work my way through all your trip reports and a lot of them may get answered along the way.
Unfortunately we are a few years away from retiring yet as we are supporting our son through university. My dream for the last couple of years has been to buy a little place in France or Italy but I think it's just been replaced by the cycling vagabond idea. It really ticks the boxes of everything we love.
I haven't finished reading the Iberia report yet but some of that landscape sounds gorgeous. Is the Via Verde de la Sierra Norte de Sevilla still one of your favourite cycling trails? We are missing that. My plan was to head more north from Granada and go via Alcala la Real, Priego de Cordoba, Zuheros, Baena, Cordoba, Ecija, Carmona and finishing in Seville. Also toying with the idea of heading over to Faro or Tavira for a day or so by bus. We were going to head straight up to Barcelona for 3 nights for our return flight to NZ, but looking at the cost of accommodation there (and we've spent time there recently). Another possibility Valencia on the way which you're going to do! Any suggestions always welcome!
Of course you realise I'll be stalking you both now :-)
It felt that way to us too. What a great thing to have happen so late in the tour.
5 years agoYou just had my perfect day.
5 years agoThis was such a special interlude. We both feel so blessed by it. The best experience one could hope for.
5 years agoGreat that you got to see Maria and Jack again .. and what a lovely evening with them and their friends!
5 years agoExactly right. A somewhat bittersweet fantasy, rather like walking out from a foreign film you were especially touched by.
5 years agoSounds like it was a wonderful experience - it would leave me with a longing to be part of it, yet knowing it can't be.
5 years agoYou’re a Kiwi! We keep debating whether to head down there again some winter. I’d love to ride the Otago Trail and experience it at a slower pace than we did the first time.
We use RideWithGPS. It works really well for us, but we don’t use it as a dynamic navigator. We draw and then load our route to our Garmin devices and then follow it more or less like a paper map.
Yes, we’ve been to Andalusia - twice, and we’re going there again late this fall on a ride from Santiago to Valencia. We love Andalusia, obviously. Our last time there ended in Granada and is blogged on CycleBlaze as Iberia 13. We also were there back in 2004, in a tour that was aborted when we somehow lost an entire pannier north of Granada. Not the best, since it contained our passports. Unfortunately it was back in the dark ages hen I didn’t keep a blog.
Thanks so much Scott for the great tips and I have adjusted our itinerary accordingly, not going quite as far as swapping for the Gargano, but have now definitely included your other suggestions.
From the South of Italy we are heading to the South of Spain for another week of cycling from Granada to Seville. Have you cycled here also?
I see you've also cycled New Zealand (where we are from) which I thought was hugely courageous given the mountainous terrain and the disregard of motorists towards cyclists (not to mention the food offerings back at that time). It's much improved since you were there (not the attitude of drivers) and there is now a fantastic rail trail in the South Island as well as other numerous cycling trails in the country.
I downloaded a cycling app called Komoot which looks very promising. What do you use to do your mapping?
Looking forward to your next post! I'm not sure we would be game to cycle the amalfi coast!
Those stone slabs look huge! I'm trying to visualize roof construction 2500 years ago.
5 years agoI have to submit another vote for this ride! Italy is a destination for the near future.
5 years ago
I like the drama of your story, Scott. It kept me on the edge of my seat. When Andrea and I do cycle trips we never even try to get to a certain place by a certain time, unless we have four hours to kill when we get there.
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