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Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - James - 27-05-2019

Id planned a trip to Scandinavia last summer and booked the ferries out - Hull > Rotterdam & Hirtshals > Langesund. A couple of months before departure (1st July) I was landed with an unexpected bill relating to my Mums funeral, eating into my travel budget a little much for comfort.



Change of plan. Ride down through The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France (inc The Tarn Gorge) and into Spain where I met my other half, son, daughter in law and grandkids for a week in a vinca before dropping down to the Bardanes Reales, then west to east along the Pyrenees (mainly N260), through France to home.



The only deviation to the plan was the return ferry (IJmuden > Newcastle) to meet up with some mates who were returning from the German MotoGP.



FRANCE



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Camping in the Tarn Gorge.



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SPAIN



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Up in the Pyrenees I camped next to a nice French couple. I didnt catch their names but the female partner spoke a little English which along with my schoolboy French (and inspired by her nice butt :evil) seemed to get us through Smile She recommended a loop through Añisclo. Although it added a day to my Pyrenean adventure it was a good call.



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Lunch break, Añisclo, Spain



With that, it was more of the same - 400kms of the N260 - just brilliant riding all the way.



The speed limit on most Spanish single carriageway is 90km/h. A couple of weeks after I got home, the nice Spanish Police wrote to me, enclosing a speeding notification and requesting 50 euros for their trouble. I can only say that wherever my transgression took place, it was worth it!



Back into France I needed to make kms to meet up with the Sunderland posse, though I had a memorable night somewhere near Mende - France won the soccer World Cup. Vive la France!



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Lunch usually looked like this



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Camping in the Ardennes, Belgium. Run by a brilliant Dutch couple who taught me the right pronunciation of IJmuden.



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I really liked this place, Ill definitely be back!



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Back in The Netherlands.



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Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - alanfavell - 27-05-2019

Lovely pics


Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - Studley Ramrod - 28-05-2019

:wifgeni:  Thanks for sharing Jim. :good:



Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - FILO - 28-05-2019

Looks fantastic!

Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - FILO - 28-05-2019

Looks fantastic!

Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - Gump850 - 28-05-2019

Excellent, great pictures! :good:



Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - Catteeclan - 28-05-2019

That was worth remembering my log in for. :clapping:  :clapping:



Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - dapleb - 28-05-2019

Nice Juan

Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - FILO - 28-05-2019

what sort of tent is that jim ?



Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - James - 28-05-2019

Quote:what sort of tent is that jim ?


It’s a Eureka! Lone Tree 4. Brilliant tent but it doesn’t seem to be available anymore. Nigor own the Eureka! brand and this tent is a (much) cheaper version of their Wikiup 4.



I bought it here <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.worldbackpacker.co.uk/lone-tree-4-tent-p6602">https://www.worldbackpacker.co.uk/lone-tree-4-tent-p6602</a>, so if you want one, it might be worth giving them a call.

Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - mikem - 28-05-2019

Great pics, looks like a really good run.



Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - FILO - 29-05-2019

Thanks Jim I'll check that out.

Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - ramotdm - 13-10-2019

and another fantastic pics  :good:


Spain 2018 - The Less Important Ride Report ;) - bjorge - 14-10-2019

Spectacular !