The Seven Year Itch - CycleBlaze

The Seven Year Itch

By Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson
4,882 miles (7,857 km) over 275 days between Feb. 20, 2024 and Nov. 20, 2024

Spring: Barcelona to Santander
Barcelona to Nice, another way heart 18
Filling in the gaps heart 8
Birthday! heart 53
Tomorrow! heart 36
Barcelona heart 27
Are we having fun yet? heart 34
In beautiful Alcúdia heart 32
Leap Day, part one heart 45
Leap Day, part two heart 37
To Sineu heart 30
Idled in Sineu heart 71
Puig de Sant Notre heart 20
Still stuck in idle heart 58
To Alaró heart 53
The Selva loop heart 70
Two walks from Alaró heart 70
A pizza, a calzone, and a change of plans heart 22
To Palma heart 31
To Dénia heart 86
In Dénia: Pare Pere Hermitage walk heart 42
In Dénia: Pego-Oliva marsh heart 77
Rachael’s Hike to Torre del Gerro heart 59
Circling Segaria heart 78
Oh, those Andersons! heart 10
To Calpe heart 104
Calpe coast walks heart 94
To Benidorm heart 87
To Alicante heart 84
To Totana heart 66
The trains in Spain can sometimes be a pain heart 15
To Águilas heart 80
In Águilas: hike and bike heart 95
To Mojácar Playa heart 103
In Mojácar Playa: a hike to the hill village heart 36
To Agua Amarga heart 51
Bending in the wind heart 76
To San Jose heart 92
To Almería heart 96
In Almería: Day 1 heart 73
In Almeria, Day 2 heart 96
In Almeria: Day 3 heart 80
In Almeria: Day 4, Part 1 heart 43
In Almeria: Day 4, Part 2 heart 48
In Almeria: Day 5, Part 1 heart 44
In Almeria: Day 5, Part 2 heart 27
In Almeria: Day 6 heart 96
In Almeria: Day 7 heart 15
To Alhama de Almeria heart 77
In Alhama de Almeria (a photo gallery) heart 72
To Abrucena heart 84
In Abrucena ( a photo gallery) heart 54
To Guadix heart 128
In Guadix: the Barrio de Cuevas heart 85
To Granada heart 80
In Granada (a photo gallery) heart 87
To Loja heart 86
To Alameda: Calima heart 54
To Osuna heart 108
In Osuna (a photo album) heart 69
To Arahal heart 141
To Seville heart 113
To Zafra heart 107
In Zafra: Day 2 heart 84
To Jerez de los Caballeros heart 93
In Jerez de los Caballeros heart 85
To Olivenza heart 112
In Olivenza/Olivença heart 116
In Olivenza: the Ajuda Bridge heart 91
To Santa Marta heart 9
To Estremoz heart 141
To Mérida heart 184
In Merida (hike and hike/bike) heart 104
To Medellín heart 181
To Miajadas heart 99
To Trujillo heart 44
In Trujillo (a photo gallery) heart 138
To Monfragüe heart 206
To Plasencia heart 77
In Plasencia heart 114
To Hervás heart 126
In Hervás heart 115
To Béjar heart 80
In Béjar (a photo album) heart 57
In Béjar: the Textile Factory Trail heart 111
In Béjar: Monte Mario heart 51
To Piedrahíta heart 139
To Ávila heart 156
In Ávila: May Day! heart 107
In Ávila: Gigantes y Cabezudos heart 85
In Ávila: day two heart 43
To Arévalo heart 58
In Arévalo heart 104
To Medina del Campo heart 82
In Medina del Campo heart 72
To Valladolid heart 112
To Palencia heart 66
In Palencia (a photo gallery) heart 64
In Palencia: Day 2 heart 24
To Frómista heart 80
In Frómista: the Canal de Castilla heart 124
To Villaprovedo heart 111
To Aguilar de Campoo heart 66
In Aguilar: Day 1 heart 54
In Aguilar: Day 2 heart 130
iPad issues heart 0
In Aguilar: Day 3 heart 124
To Reinosa heart 121
To Santillana del Mar heart 55
In Santillana: Day One heart 67
In Santillana: Day Two heart 74
To Santander heart 157
Leaving Spain heart 88

Summer: Plymouth to Harwich
To Plymouth heart 52
To Tavistock heart 96
In Tavistock: Day One heart 191
In Tavistock: Day Two heart 83
To Okehampton heart 129
In Okehampton: Day one heart 175
In Okehampton: Day two heart 115
In Okehampton: Day three heart 8
In Okehampton: Day four heart 179
To Exeter heart 94
In Exeter: the Exmouth Ferry loop heart 95
In Exeter: To Dawlish, one way heart 67
In Exeter: to Dawlish, another way heart 78
To Tiverton: Twenty is plenty heart 98
In Tiverton: The Grand Western Canal heart 119
In Tiverton: a second look at the canal heart 74
To Taunton heart 56
To Newport heart 59
To Usk heart 126
In Usk: Tintern Abbey heart 106
To Abergavenny heart 70
In Abergavenny: the Blorenge heart 63
In Abergavenny: the Crickhowell loop heart 103
In Abergavenny: Three Castle challenge heart 92
To Hay-on-Wye: Gospel Pass again heart 128
Hay, I missed a challenge heart 82
To Builth Wells heart 69
In Builth Wells heart 111
To Rhayader heart 94
In Rhayader: Elan Valley loop heart 106
In Rhayader: the Elan Valley loop (an addendum) heart 12
In Rhayader: Elan Valley again heart 123
To Llanidloes heart 97
In Llanidloes (a photo gallery) heart 75
In Llanidloes: up the Cambrian Mountains heart 77
In Llanidloes: Clywedog Reservoir heart 149
To Forden heart 49
To Shrewsbury: Escaping the Railroad Inn heart 84
In Shrewsbury: Haughmond Abbey heart 126
To Skipton heart 102
To Pateley Bridge heart 130
In Pateley Bridge: Brimham Rocks heart 135
In Pateley Bridge: Scar House Reservoir heart 100
To Ripon heart 51
In Ripon: Fountains Abbey heart 45
In Ripon: Dallowgill heart 58
In Ripon: the Canal heart 71
To York heart 36
In York: walking the walls heart 58
In York: the Selby ride heart 80
In York: a photo album heart 58
To Thirsk heart 23
To Helmsley heart 53
In Helmsley: the Bransdale loop heart 86
In Helmsley: crossing Helmsley Moor heart 112
To Gillamoor/Blakey Ridge heart 100
To Malton heart 28
To Bridlington heart 58
To Flamborough heart 88
In Flamborough: headland walks heart 63
To Scarborough heart 58
To Whitby heart 41
Whitby walkabouts heart 138
To Saltburn-by-the-Sea heart 52
In Saltburn-by-the-Sea: the ride to Staithes heart 111
In Saltburn-by-the-Sea: the Coastal Path heart 107
To Stockton-on-Tees heart 14
To Durham heart 52
In Durham heart 124
To Newcastle heart 41
To Hexham heart 51
In Hexham: the roads to the north heart 78
In Hexham: the roads to the south heart 85
To Haltwhistle heart 154
In Haltwhistle: back to the wall heart 118
To Alston heart 90
To Appleby-in-Westmorland heart 107
To Kirkby Stephen heart 40
In Kirkby Stephen: Tan Hill heart 93
In Kirkby Stephen: two castle walk heart 88
In Kirkby Stephen: Nine Standards Rigg heart 80
In Kirkby Stephen: the Great Asby Scar heart 93
To Dent heart 105
In Dent heart 114
To Ingleton heart 44
Ingleton Hikes heart 81
In Ingleton: the Ribblehead Viaduct heart 75
To Settle heart 97
In Settle: Malham Cove and Gordale Scar heart 121
To Grassington heart 43
In Grassington: a walk on the moor heart 68
In Grassington: Littondale OAB heart 95
To Skipton: blown away from the Yorkshire Dales heart 94
To Lincoln heart 135
In Lincoln heart 106
To Horncastle heart 71
In Horncastle: the Lincolnshire Wolds heart 57
In Horncastle: the Spa and Viking Trails heart 60
In Horncastle: Back in the Wolds heart 98
To Boston: entering the Fens heart 74
In Boston: Frampton Marsh heart 106
To Wisbech heart 43
To Ely heart 122
In Ely heart 101
To Bury St. Edmunds heart 45
In Bury St. Edmunds: Church Going heart 102
In Bury St. Edmunds: a photo gallery heart 64
To Ipswich heart 74
To Harwich heart 82

Autumn: Hook to Barcelona
To Goedereede heart 61
In Goedereede (a photo gallery) heart 77
To Zierikzee heart 72
In Zierikzee: the Oosterschelde heart 68
To Vlissingen heart 78
To Bruges heart 119
Around Bruges heart 81
In Bruges (a photo gallery) heart 92
To Veurne heart 67
To Dunkirque heart 52
To Calais heart 90
To Wimereux heart 46
In Wimereux heart 111
To Le Touquet heart 17
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme heart 45
To Le Tréport heart 61
In Le Tréport: a photo gallery heart 50
Still in Le Tréport heart 14
To Fécamp heart 43
In Fécamp: about last night heart 18
To Paris heart 60
To Tours heart 64
In Tours: day one heart 66
In Tours: day two heart 69
Moulins heart 39
In Moulins heart 55
To Brioude heart 78
In Brioude: day one heart 36
In Brioude: the Basilica of Saint-Julien heart 31
A retrospective: modes of travel heart 6
In Brioude: baby steps heart 77

The Camargue
To Marseille heart 38
To Saint-Remy-de-Provence heart 82
In Saint-Remy: to Châteaurenard heart 52
In Saint-Remy: to Barbentane heart 100
To Orgon heart 141
To Coustellet / Gordes loop heart 83
To Apt heart 75
In Apt: the Saint-Saturnin ride heart 79
In Apt: the Font Jouvale ride heart 62
To Lacoste and Ménerbes heart 161
To Pernes-les-Fontaines heart 46
In Pernes: the Venasque loop heart 99
In Pernes: the Beaumes-de-Venise loop heart 64
In Pernes: a photo gallery heart 68
In Pernes: the Villes-sur-Auzon loop heart 114
To Rognonas heart 75
To Arles heart 103
In Arles: day one heart 42
In Arles: day two heart 109
To Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer heart 70
In Saintes-Maries: the Ornithological Park heart 121
In Saintes-Maries: a windy roundabout heart 57
In Saintes-Maries: the sea dike heart 56
In Le Tréport: the walk to Mers-les-Bains heart 101
To Le Grau-du-Roi heart 50
In Le Grau-du-Roi heart 108
To Montpellier heart 121

Catalonia
To Perpignan heart 35
In Perpignan heart 71
To Céret heart 46
In Céret: the Llauro loop heart 87
In Céret: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste heart 141
In Céret: Saturday market heart 104
In Céret: the modern art museum heart 16
To Collioure heart 96
In Collioure: Argelès-sur-Mer heart 68
In Collioure: the Elne loop heart 135
In Collioure: Port-Vendres, one way heart 93
In Collioure: Port-Vendres, another way heart 90
To Llançà heart 45
In Llançà: Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery heart 121
In Llançà: La Selva lunch run heart 78
In Llançà: day 3 heart 53
To Roses heart 46
In Roses: Aiguamolls Natural Park heart 51
Roses hike 1 heart 60
In Roses: day 2 heart 82
In Roses: day 3 heart 84
To Figueres heart 78
In Figueres: the Cantallops Ride heart 80
In Figueres: Col de Banyuls heart 99
In Figueres: beach ride heart 65
Chilling out in Figueres heart 55
To Barcelona heart 35
In Barcelona: day 1 heart 133
In Barcelona: day 2 heart 130
In Barcelona: day 3 heart 91
To Calella heart 62
In Calella: day one heart 121
In Calella: Day 2 heart 60
In Calella: day 3 heart 66
To the airport heart 51
Flight heart 40
Transition heart 184