Saturday, March 17, 2012

2012 Going South- Coastal Spain- Feb/March

Route: Balcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Almeria, Nerja, Malaga, Marbella, Gibralter, Cadiz, Jerez, Seville, Huelva, Faro
Distance: 1,922 kms (1,201mls), 16days,  117 Hours
Average per day:   120 kms, (75mls)
Weather: Sunshine all the way but some cold nights
Accommodation: Mixture of Camping, Wild Camping, Hotels
Bike: Dawes Galaxy Tour- one fantastic touring bike
Comments: Much the same trip as before but this year included different route from Malaga. Cannot beat Spain at time time of year for lovely cycling weather.

Just South of Barcelona

Great Bike-Dawes Galaxy Tour

Sunset nr. Valencia

View from Campsite at Almeria

Gibraltar

Downtown Gibraltar


Roadto Tarifa -Straits of Grbraltar and Africa in distance

Walled city of Niebla

Crossing into portugal shortly

On Ferry to Portugal

Journey's End 1,200 miles.

Faro Airport


Hi Guys up there, Hi Bollix down there