Solares to Comillas: Tiles: the pros and cons
Gaudi's El Capricho in ComillasAfter Santander we left the suburbs and car dealerships and cycled into a much prettier landscape of rolling hills and little ... Read More
Llanes to Villaviciosa:
Hotel Carlos I : Our wonderful 300 year old hotel that gives Pilgrims a discount.Gordon: Tonight we are staying in Villaviciosa, the self proclaimed apple ... Read More
Villaviciosa to Aviles: Learning From the Spanish
Ruth: We had another beautiful ride today, with the exception of the industrial landscape on this side of Gijon. Gijon is an attractive beach city ... Read More
Luarca to Tapia de Casariego: A Night in the Albergue
Gordon: Last night we stayed in a pilgrim albergue in Spain for the first time. The experience felt more like anthropological research than a good ... Read More
Mondoñedo to Baamonde: Into the Middle Ages
Ruth: There are moments along the way where it feels like we have travelled back to the Middle Ages. This feeling was intensified at Mondonedo ... Read More
Into Santiago de Compostella
Gordon: At Arzua the Camino del Norte joins the Camino Frances, the main pilgrimage route. It was a pleasant shock to suddenly be surrounded by ... Read More
Santiago de Compostella: What happens after the Pilgrimage?
Reaching Santiago de Compostella is both exhilarating and sad. The trick is to bring home some of the calm and sense of interconnection found along ... Read More
The Eurovelo 6 from the Atlantic to the Black Sea 2016
On July 7th 2016 Gord and I fly to France to begin one of our longest bike tours yet. This trip is our Plan B. ... Read More
First Stop Chartres
July 9, 2016I first heard about Chartres Cathedral when I was 18, and my dad was on a sabbatical working outside of Paris near Versailles. ... Read More
Touching the Atlantic
July 11, 2016 NantesGordon: Ruth has a cold today, so I cycled the first leg of our potentially transcontinental trip on my own. I took ... Read More