Tag: train
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Double-Dipping
My tour is turning in to connecting the climbs in the book “Mountain High” by Daniel Friebe. The Urkiola is “the Basque Galibier” according to the book so off I headed from Bilbao. The climb was steady away and had trees all the way up with steep rock faces bursting up behind them. I didn’t…
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Rest day transfer
I’ve ridden for seven days on the bounce, eight if you include the 12km to the station today and whilst I’m physically fine, (actually better than fine, I feel great) and could ride the 130km required, I think I need a mental break so today I am taking the train to Santander. I’ll actually then…
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Extreme Weather Protocol
The weather was dire last night so I checked the forecast and it was predicting 4h of rain at the end of the ride to cousin #4. If touring I would cycle for half a day but that is not really an option so I bought a rail ticket… £10 more than crossing the Solent…
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