oddjob
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Euro Tour 2019.09 - Spain - Ruta de la Plata bimble.
Apart from the outward and return ferries, I stayed in designated campsites.
As with any tour, it's a prerequisite to possess some broad expectation of what you ultimately hope to achieve. As with most things in life, it's nice to experience some variety from making good progress from point A to point B via extreme twisty roads, or extreme distance in the shortest amount of time.
Because the "Ruta de la Plata" is an ancient "commercial freight road", it's a very gentle bimble, devoid of fast flowing twisty roads!
Ruta de la Plata description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADa_de_la_Plata
Moreover, the Picos de Europa is completely at the other end of the spectrum; for fast spirited riding it never fails to disappoint, especially the P-210!https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9091054,-4.6958016,3a,75y,0.91h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIk1Q0JIYcOXfeF0DHtbEDQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIk1Q0JIYcOXfeF0DHtbEDQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D0.9120252%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
However, please be aware of the "locals": huge swooping vultures; cows and horses (often lurking in the middle of the road on blind bends), together with their strategically deposited do-do.
Thirteen Garmin .gpx files https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aosxcfd2a8rzusq/AAAILy_O09wUHgv9jEtSpiyWa?dl=0
Additional photographs https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUdcaqk
Apart from the outward and return ferries, I stayed in designated campsites.
As with any tour, it's a prerequisite to possess some broad expectation of what you ultimately hope to achieve. As with most things in life, it's nice to experience some variety from making good progress from point A to point B via extreme twisty roads, or extreme distance in the shortest amount of time.
Because the "Ruta de la Plata" is an ancient "commercial freight road", it's a very gentle bimble, devoid of fast flowing twisty roads!
Ruta de la Plata description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADa_de_la_Plata
Moreover, the Picos de Europa is completely at the other end of the spectrum; for fast spirited riding it never fails to disappoint, especially the P-210!https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9091054,-4.6958016,3a,75y,0.91h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIk1Q0JIYcOXfeF0DHtbEDQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIk1Q0JIYcOXfeF0DHtbEDQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D0.9120252%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
However, please be aware of the "locals": huge swooping vultures; cows and horses (often lurking in the middle of the road on blind bends), together with their strategically deposited do-do.
Thirteen Garmin .gpx files https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aosxcfd2a8rzusq/AAAILy_O09wUHgv9jEtSpiyWa?dl=0
Additional photographs https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUdcaqk