Monthly Archives: October 2010

October 9 Rain and wind followed by more rain and more wind. Not the best day for a bike ride and it turned out even worse. Yesterday’s ride on the N120 was terrible. Trucks and double trucks passing in convoy … Continue reading →

8 October foggy and cool turning windy and sunny. 1.2 ESB QB wisely took the several advice given and took a taxi. KB had two rides. Half excellent on Camino roads and side roads and half very poor sharing a … Continue reading →

7 October Partly cloudy still warm but getting cooler as we ascend the heights An unusually bad ride today. Really the first very poor ride of the adventure. Nothing to see, the same nothing QB saw yesterday (yesterday I had … Continue reading →

6 October sunny, nice weather, 1.2 ESB. Maybe for cycling, but too hot for walking, and no shade to rest in. QB walk of about 15mi summarized here: Najera–>nothing–>Azofra–>nothing–>nothing–>golf course/Ciruena/nothing–>nothing–>nothing–>defective leg stops working–>Santo Domingo–>beer. For those who may have marched … Continue reading →

5 October sunny day, perfect banana fish weather for a bike ride. No wind. While QB walked the way I tried to avoid the Camino path. Much prefer the road as is does not disturb the walkers and does not … Continue reading →

4 October partly cloudy but very windy, from the direction we will be going tomorrow Rest day in this largish (150K population) city. Fried Milk, leche fritas, was on the buffet this morning. The NH group of hotels offers a … Continue reading →

3 October overcast, humid and a bit warm Today we left the Basque region and entered Rioja. The dual language disappeared immediately and welcoming signs from Rioja emerged. We leave behind the Basque wines and a few nice food dishes. … Continue reading →

2 October overcast and windy (especially at 650 meters or higher) clearing to sunny and way too hot for walking Unclean socks, two taped toes. QB walked 13.5miles (felt like 20) of what turned out to be as interesting as … Continue reading →

Adding pictures that did not appear in the previous blog entry. Still trying to figure out this update.

1 October sunny, cool, nice day for a ride; too hot in afternoon for comfortable walking Boogs left Puente la Reina by the puente. QB walked and KB rode but made a poor choice of roads. Decided to try riding … Continue reading →