Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 28th, 2008
12 miles Donostia-San Sabastian to Zarautz
We treated ourselves to a wonderful continental breakfast, excellent coffee, fresh orange juice and apricot marmalade on the first toast we’ve had since leaving England.
The Spanish lads that had returned noisily to their tent at 5.30 in the morning slept fitfully as we packed up, carefully making as much noise as possible. I managed to […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
20 miles Hondarribia to Donostia-San Sebastian
we took the main road out of Hondarribia and over Monte Jaizkebel. Being Sunday the traffic wasn’t too horrendous, and the steady gradient of the highway made the long climb more manageable. Even so Kez was less than ecstatic about reaching her first proper mountain pass, demanding breathlessly that it should definitely be the last. […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
0 miles Hondarribia
The night wasn’t one of the best apart from teenager racket, the annoying noise of squeaky airbeds and snoring from tents right next to us, there was some very heavy rain that caused various commotions as campers tried to batten down their hatches at around 3am. We tried to lay in since we weren’t leaving […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
16 miles Socoa to Hondarribia
The cycling was lovely along the cliff tops this morning. Fantastic views of the Atlantic, craggy rock faces and striking violet blue flowers as we trundled towards Hendaye and Spain just beyond. We shared the road with quite a few racing cyclists out training in the hills and enjoyed a descent with views over the […]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
14 miles Ilbarritz to Socoa
We slogged our way up the rest of the hill and after a couple of tough miles I spotted a sign for a tourist office and left Kez at the top of the hill while I cruised down towards the coast to try and find a cycle route map. The girl in the office said […]