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The journey over to Whitehaven in the vans was predictably through heavy rain and mist. This was not to be a pleasant sunny ride for the lads on Day One.

We all set off from Whitehaven at 9.00am for the … Read more

On Friday the 20th August we begin this year’s Coast to Coast sponsored cycle ride.

There may be as many as 25 riders in total, a big increase on last year.

This time we are doing a different route but … Read more

Hi,

Finally got around to compiling a video of our Camino adventures.

These are clips taken with my Flip vidcam so inevitably cover more of the leisure activities.

‘Are we human… or are we…’

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Hurray! We all made it to the finish.

Well done Lads!!!!!

The final leg…

An early start sees us head back to Portamirin from the Hotel for the start of the final leg. What adventures will we have today?

I head for the meeting point at Melide on the roads that … Read more

As we wake the clouds have not lifted so this is going to be a grim start. We’re 1350 metres up, it’s raining, as it does inside clouds, and it’s cold, down to 3 degrees.

The lads begin the first … Read more

This is the big one. The one lads have been priming up for. A steady climb up from Rabanal to the Cruz de Ferro, the highest point on the Camino route at 1505 meters, then a rapid decent down to … Read more

Another quick morning post before the off.

Andy has left us now to return home after I dropped him at Leon Airport.

We’ve picked up another couple of needy pilgrims and I have to take them in the van to … Read more

The adventure continues…

After I dropped the lads back at the start point for today’s section it’s straight to Rabanal for me. The lads kindly decided that after all the ferrying about I’d done I could have a day off … Read more

Just a quick post this morning as we now realize that our hotel is further on the route and the lads need to be taken back to where I picked them up last night.

The Camino route MUST be completed … Read more