" More than happy to carry the gear and not need it."

ALWAYS.

Mole hunting?

Well, you've ridden on some surfaces closely resembling goat tracks so turnabout seems like fair play.

Depressingly modern big box structures. A sadly prosaic start to the end of a magnificent tour.

A shame about the graffiti ...

That's pretty scruffy-looking pavement; good job it's in the oncoming lane and not your direction.

That looks incredibly steep! Like, "hands and knees and keep praying all the way" kind of steep.

No idea, but he's certainly slender and sparing isn't he?

Great journal, and inspiring, as always! Thanks especially for the great photos and videos. I'm pretty sure we are going to be able to coordinate something with you in Spain in 2024.

Welcome home. I can confirm that your experience with Condor was not an enigma. Every time I’ve flown with them I’ve sworn would be the last. I only flew with them this summer because allegedly they will fly a velomobile as checked luggage. I’ve already told that story in my blog, so I’ll spare the details, but they managed to not put my velomobile on the connecting flight in Frankfurt and it sat there for a couple days before anyone located it and put it on a flight. That’s the second time they’ve failed to put a bike of mine on a flight. The first time it was unfortunately the flight TO Europe meaning I spent the first couple days of my one week cycling vacation without a bicycle. They may be cheap, but they suck. I’m glad all your luggage made it back in one piece with you. I wish you a speedy adjustment from jet lag.

That would be nice.

Welcome back!

Thanks, Carolyn. It wasn’t really as bad as all that getting home - I just whine a lot. And we’ve got plenty to look forward to this winter - we’ll be heading down to California and Tucson next month after we’re done here, which we always look forward to; and assuming everything goes well we’ll be heading back over to Europe for another nine month odyssey in early spring.

Glad you made it back OK. Enjoy your summer!

Hi Scott & Rachael! Glad you've made it back intact if a somewhat unpleasant experience getting there. Sad not to be reading another entry for Spain. Another wonderful journal, thank you! Your 2 months seemed to fly, so you can imagine our dissatisfaction at a mere month ... a wonderful month though and like you, no need for the waterproof and warm gear. Itching to get back there and Spain definitely on the radar for next year as well as a longer tour. At least summer is on it's way here .. sort of. Sorry you haven't much to look forward to right now, least of all the surgery. Wishing you all the very best for it and please keep your fan base posted with updates. Once you're through that, and I'm sure successfully, you'll have the next tour to really look forward to!

Yes. We were complicit. It was a joint decision, because the entrance on the side street away from the building address. We picked the wrong cross street.