Journal Comments - Grampies Cross Europe Germany to Spain Fall 2023 - CycleBlaze

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From Grampies Cross Europe Germany to Spain Fall 2023 by Steve Miller/Grampies

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Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 42: St Georges de Montclard to Castillonnes

And the cycles truck smack dab in center right!

1 year ago
Steve Miller/Grampies replied to a comment by Karen Poret on a photo in Day 41: Perigueux to St Georges de Montclard

Pre Amazon small parcel delivery?

1 year ago
Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 41: Perigueux to St Georges de Montclard

Guess the cats followed the mice in..or out?

1 year ago
Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 40: Thiviers to Perigueux

Maniscopic..so they do manicures along the side of the road! Tres Chic!

1 year ago
Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 40: Thiviers to Perigueux

Maniscopic..so they do manicures along the side of the road! Tres Chic!

1 year ago
Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 40: Thiviers to Perigueux

Maniscopic..so they do manicures along the side of the road! Tres Chic!

1 year ago
Karen Poret commented on a photo in Day 40: Thiviers to Perigueux

Aha! Now I know where the term “sticky buns” originated ;)

1 year ago
Steve Miller/Grampies replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

It is still a really strong contender. We are going to sleep on it, and the now older (haha), and hopefully wiser, Dodie will try to decide tomorrow evening. The suspense is mounting.

1 year ago
Steve Miller/Grampies replied to a comment by Kathleen Classen on a photo in Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

We have so many questions-why do snails climb things, why so many walls-and so few answers.

1 year ago
Kathleen Classen commented on a photo in Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

I would love to know. I did some googling but nothing came up. It was fascinating I thought.

1 year ago
Kathleen Classen commented on a photo in Day 50: Carcassonne to Narbonne

We saw this too. I have no idea why they do it though.

1 year ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Steve Miller/Grampies on Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

You really might give Manella a try if you think you can handle the climb. It’s a very steady 5% for about 10-12 kilometers starting from Maureillas, but after that it’s pretty much downhill the rest of the way. And it’s so quiet, because it’s not a through road for cars.

1 year ago
Steve Miller/Grampies replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

Thanks again, Scott. Dodie had earlier previewed the PX route and strongly vetoed it, based on looking at the shape of the track, and looking at your blog from that day just confirmed her in that decision. So now we are looking at either the D900 through Jonquera or your alternate via the Col de Manterra. We have one more day to research a bit more, and think a lot more! Then, we will have at 'er.

1 year ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Steve Miller/Grampies on Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

Because it looks like this, or at least it did six years ago: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/dubrovnik2018/figueres/. I’d be surprised if it’s changed in the meantime.

I think it was Ken and Judy that told us they took the EV8 on D900 until the border and then just stayed on it (it becomes N-2 on the Catalonian side) until they could get off at around La Jonquera. I forget how safe or not they said that felt.

If neither of those attracts you, you might look at the route we’ve taken twice, that crosses over at Col de Manrella: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/europe2022/to-ceret-ad6/. Paved and very quiet the whole way except for a short bit of dirt at the border, but there’s a fair climb involved.

1 year ago
Steve Miller/Grampies replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on Day 51: Narbonne to Port Leucate

Thank you Bill. Let us hope that we both continue like this (with you maintaining that age gap) for some time to come.

1 year ago