Tuesday 03/05/2016
The hotel was a nice treat after riding up to almost 8pm last night. Good value at €40 for the two of us, but we spent the same on food / drink! Super-comfy bed made it difficult to get-up this morning.
After making-up a bit of distance yesterday, we decided to have a go at making it to Santiago de Compostela rather than camping by the Bay of Biscay.
We had breakfast at the hotel even though we really didn't want it after all the food last night, but it meant that we could skip lunch (well unless you count breakfast bars when we stopped) and push on a bit. It was very windy all day, but really warm and sunny. Perfect weather for motorcycling.
We had a break at Ribadeo by the coast where we were meant to camp but it was early and we had made good progress so we pushed-on to make up some of the one day that we were short of for this trip. After the fantastic mountain roads, we had to do a load of dual carriage roads and motorways to cover the ground but even they had nice views and were pretty empty.
We got to Santiago and had the tent set-up by 5pm. Clothes all laundered, got showered and cooking food by 6pm. Good camp-site - only a 2km stroll from the old town. We cooked some of our own food for a change. Spicy Chicken Curry with Smash and Couscous, followed by Carrot and Lentil Soup with Rye Bread and Ham Sandwich chasers.... Quality. Then we went into town to check-out the sights.
We felt like real pilgrims walking the last 2km (but more like 4km with our route) of the Camino de Santiago finishing at 9th Century cathedral. Lots of hills - pretty tired after walking around the old town and all the way back. Phone reckons we've done 30,000 steps today! Santiago is cool. Lots of narrow streets with interesting shops, bars and street entertainment. The cathedral was stunning inside and out.
A concert was just getting going in one on the old town squares as we headed back, we probably should have stayed but we'd have never got back.... Glad we chose to camp here as the town was worth visiting properly.
Just watching the 2nd half of the Bayern Munich vs. Atletico Madrid match. Tense stuff - Lewandowski is pretty handy.
Tomorrow I reckon we skirt Vigo and make it out of Spain and down to Porto on back roads.
Mileage: 551
Beers: 9 + wierd coctail + 3 big vodka's + 3 big red vinos + 1 massive G&T
Ass pain: 4/10 (Krysia) / 3/10 (Me)
Mechanical issues: 0
Accidents: 0
Coldness: 1/10
No comments:
Post a Comment