St Helens to Spain

Roscoff (North West France) to Irun (Spain) , 913 miles.

yeah, not a very impressive end picture. But as they don't have borders....

We dumped our gear at the campsite for the last 8 miles. Felt weird riding with no weight after the last 5 weeks.

We had some thoughts about riding to Bilbao, but there are a few hills. It was described by one (very ) veteran rider as "600 meters down, cross a river, ,600 meters up. Repeat". So, nah. 

For the first 4 weeks we had clear skies, blazing heat and a helpful NE wind to aid us. Then a few days ago the skies darkened, thunder started, rain began to fall (so torrential that we skipped camping one night and grabbed an hotel).

And just to finish off, as the coast went all uppy and downy at Biarritz the wind went SW into our faces with 30mph gusts. Surfers loved it.

Just over 10 years ago I bought a motorbike in Chile and we rode it up one side of the Andes while I was still 49 and came down the next day aged 50 into Mendoza, Argentina.

Last year people wanted to know what I (we, as Jean is always up for a trip) would do for my 60th.

Well, there we have it. A long cycle ride.

We have never done anything like this before, previously we have never cycled more than 4 days consecutively.

We met a lot of other cyclists along the way, some doing short stretches or loops, some doing the same route (La Velodysee). Others much much more. One man on a Penny Farthing.

We are but children when it comes to what many others are doing.

(We did have two trump cards though; 1 - we have never done anything like this before. 2 - "correct, there are not electric").

Some stats. 

32 days since getting off the ferry.

5 rest days.

913 miles in France @ 33.8 miles per day.

Longest day - 47 miles

Highest Speed - 45.2MPH.

Right, how go we get home?