A cycle touring break starting in Bilbao airport Northern Spain to UK via the Eastern Basque region, and then heading North along the West coast of France through the Les Landes region, Charante Maritime and the Vendee, before cycling north through Brittany. The trip takes in sections of the Velodyssee (Vélodyssée) where possible.The journey passes through St Malo before stopping off in Jersey then transiting via Guernsey to Poole. The final leg of the journey is through rural Dorset and Somerset (UK) before reaching home. In total a journey of 692 miles, most of which was undertaken in 9 days.
See the associated lightweight bikepacking setup video using the link:- https://youtu.be/iilxSHYETmU
11 Comments
I see you didn’t bother with overshoes? Great vid, thanks.
Great vid. We did some of that (Irun to Rochefort) a couple of weeks ago. Still sorting my videos out 😉 Those rough tracks between Marennes and Rochefort surprised us too. And we used a little boat to get over the Charente by the transporter bridge. In previous years we've done the rest up to St Malo and it was good to see your video of those places we enjoyed visiting then. Thanks for posting.
Nice vlog but please don't have the music so loud, why oh why do so many vlogs do this, so annoying.
Hi Dave
Really enjoyed this video and am thinking of doing this one next year. Did your route take you through busy tunnel sections out of Bilbao? Any tips or tricks now with hindsight for this journey if you were to do it again? Anyway of putting up a link to the GPX file for this route? Thanks
Fantastic! Great video hope you both had fun
great video can i request a video of a father and son bike ride as ive heard that youre son is a very fit chap
many thanks finley james
and p.s youre fit as fuck
enjoyed your video, I have cycled the Velo 1 three times now and on each occasion i have cross the Charente over the Disused Railway Bridge at Tonnay-Charente, due to the Transporter Bridge being repaired, and the little ferry not running, great film.
Great video. What time of year did you do this ? Was that the cycle path or were you not following that ?
Nice video. Cycle touring comes in many forms: light and fast like yourselves or completely self sufficient and various levels in between. All you really need is the urge to go!
I'm not too keen on the area around Les landes, too many trees and dead straight roads for me.
France is a wonderful place to cycle but nowadays we camp in one spot and explore the area around.
Nice choice of music.
Safe travels for any future trips
Colin
How much was the ferry at Soulac ?
Hello! Could you share the route you took from Bilbao to Irun?