110 km
The day started with a relatively flat route, but a lot of up and downs of about 120 m height difference followed. In Santoña I had to use a small ferry again. It is not always easy fie cyclists to go on board or to leave the small ship. The destination was a beach with soft sand. The ferryman helped to get the bike over the plank to the beach and thn I had to move the bicycle some 100 m to a timbered pathway. Then a long cycle path along the Playa de el Salvé. The beach was fine, but the buildings near it were ugly apartment houses. In the city of Laredo the track inclined and I had a good view over the bay with the ugly buildings.
The next interesting town was Castro Urdiales with a big church near the harbor..
Some kilometers further the track was directly at the coast on a path that remained on RH same height. A local cyclist warned me in Spanish for stairs. I would have to choose another route. I asked him if the stairs go down or up. As he said down I took the risk.I continued this path and enjoyed the views to the ocean and the rocky coast. The stairs wire nit heavy to master in my direction: I just dismounted and used the brakes to get down step by step. In Zierbiena I had started the route to the next camping. I should have waited until the end of the track in Bilbao. Now my Garmin routed me to the harbour area and I was stopped by security people. They told me, I had to return for ad one kilometers and choose another way.
So I did and used the right road to Portugalete. There I crossed the river by means of an hanging ferry, the Puente Colgantede Bizkaia.
Now the track I followed ended and I routed again tot he target camping that I reached without high efforts.
The rest until Hendaye I have to route myself.
Paul
The day started with a relatively flat route, but a lot of up and downs of about 120 m height difference followed. In Santoña I had to use a small ferry again. It is not always easy fie cyclists to go on board or to leave the small ship. The destination was a beach with soft sand. The ferryman helped to get the bike over the plank to the beach and thn I had to move the bicycle some 100 m to a timbered pathway. Then a long cycle path along the Playa de el Salvé. The beach was fine, but the buildings near it were ugly apartment houses. In the city of Laredo the track inclined and I had a good view over the bay with the ugly buildings.
The next interesting town was Castro Urdiales with a big church near the harbor..
Some kilometers further the track was directly at the coast on a path that remained on RH same height. A local cyclist warned me in Spanish for stairs. I would have to choose another route. I asked him if the stairs go down or up. As he said down I took the risk.I continued this path and enjoyed the views to the ocean and the rocky coast. The stairs wire nit heavy to master in my direction: I just dismounted and used the brakes to get down step by step. In Zierbiena I had started the route to the next camping. I should have waited until the end of the track in Bilbao. Now my Garmin routed me to the harbour area and I was stopped by security people. They told me, I had to return for ad one kilometers and choose another way.
So I did and used the right road to Portugalete. There I crossed the river by means of an hanging ferry, the Puente Colgantede Bizkaia.
Now the track I followed ended and I routed again tot he target camping that I reached without high efforts.
The rest until Hendaye I have to route myself.
Paul
