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Yes, I enjoy it too. This was the first time, though, that I came across "NO GUARDEM BICICLETES" in a message from a B&B. Like that, in caps, at the end of their automatic reply through Booking. Not a nice way to put it.
9 months agoWe are also plan in advance people who leave the tent and sleeping bags home. I find it a pleasant winter activity to look for lodging. There was a time when that would have been stressful, but I'm an old hand now and consider a lodging puzzle a fun conundrum!
I look forward to reading about your tour.
That definitely makes it more challenging!
9 months agoWe often had a late lunch in Andalusia, but then Al wanted dinner too! I think he has two hollow legs.
9 months agoYou’ll have a wonderful time!
9 months agoI’m with Al about meals! What we did is ate our big meal at lunch and had tapas and it worked great. They usually serve lunch as late as 3:30 to 4 pm.
9 months agoYeah! Should be a great trip.
10 months agoI'll be posting an updated plan in the next while. Please let me know if I've chosen to do something dumb or might miss something you found worthwhile!
10 months agoLooking forward to following along....you're covering territory that will be familiar to us. Tail winds.
10 months agoHooray!!
10 months agoHello
We are friends of Keith and Kathleen Classen. We live in Victoria as well and crossed paths with them this past Fall cycling in Girona and Barcelona. We cycle in Europe each Spring and Fall.
We also are planning to cycle through the Pyrenees this coming May. As you have extensive knowledge of the routing, I would very much like to discuss it with you to help finalize our route plan from Girona to San Sebastián, mostly on the French side. You can email us, if comfortable with that, at ebikestouring@gmail.com.
Thanks
John and Darlene
The plan is to start near the beginning of May so we get to the high Pyrenees in early June. We would be on the Mediterranean coast around the end of May. It all depends on flights, which we aren't quite ready to book yet.
1 year agoI hope “The Grand Plan” works out for you two. Would like to do some more of the Pyrenees as we kind of skirted them this trip. Our route down the coast from Collioure to El Port was fine when we did it (October) but would likely be very busy mid summer. He had a good shoulder most of the way. We took the hard way from El Port de La Selva to Figueres but glad we did. There are a couple alternatives. Will be a fun to follow you guys. What time of year are you planning to go?
1 year agoBiarritz is for Al. He and the VVV guys started from there, he loved it, and he's been wanting to go back ever since. As for boring coast on the first part of day 1, that's okay by us. It's a warm-up for Jaizkibel. Al and his buddies abandoned the climb on their day ride from Biarritz due to weather.
I think we'll be okay on the coast road. I've now created an inland alternative route just in case and we can get a better idea of traffic levels when we're there. Early morning is always an option.
Thanks for the suggestion on Olite and Sos del Rey Catolico. I will revise the plan!
Well at least they are making it clear up front!
9 months ago