Basque

Spanish is hard enough for me, but the language here... sunny day started with 400m up and that was not the last hill, definitely not boring this coastal roads. About 110km from San Sebastian to a place up an hill about 25km from Bilbao. Lunch time I had a closed road for 45min because of a car rally/race.

Atlantic Coast

First up and down along rivers, from about 11.30 a very long former rail track converted to a bike path led down to San Sebastian. Unfortunately that was when the rain began. Many tunnels and I was glad for my light on the bike.

Camino Frances

At 2pm already 140km and in Puente de la Reina, where I spent a year ago my last night in Spain. I wanted to experience that huge albergo again... my choice today were straight and flat roads to the north and at an average speed of 25.9km/h that was a speedy option. Sights right and left were limited on that cloudy day.

Back on track

Although I can repair tubes, this time they would not stand the pressure of 5bar and slowly loose air, at about 2bar a snake bite happens when hitting an edge or stone on a track. Cabestrero Bikes in Calatayud had tubes for me this morning. I left the rather hilly area and cycled north to Borya. The last 50km being quite boring and straight compared to the valleys before.

Flat tyre not landscape

Bad luck all morning, rough road/track but the pressure in my tyres was high, still I got several snake bites. So at noon I had just about 25km, cycled a bit longer/faster and stayed at Rio Piedra. Will have to look for a bike shop tomorrow,  the next ones about 20km away.

LotR landscapes

From green fields to landscapes reminding of Lord of the Rings movies. The area between Cuenca and Molina de Aragon. Quite remote, so no internet  last night.

Transition Day

Just a day to move forward. Hills and fields all over, no special villages or landscape sights, the only image of the village of "Ollala" a few kilometers away from Cuenca I do not want to post now and here. Cuenca very busy with touristic activities and seems to have grown a lot during the last decades.