Baja to Bali

We leave Segovia with the intention of exploring the mountains to the north of Madrid before heading to the capital. We spend a few days exploring the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park, cycling through pine forests and stopping in quaint little villages. Then change our plans and head east to Cuenca. Ben discovers the limits to his battery on a day that tops 38 degrees C. All in all though, another great week of cycling.

We slow down a bit this week, and just take in the cities of Avila and Segovia, to the northwest of Madrid. Highlights include a Roman aqueduct, medieval city walls, a gothic cathedral and the castle that allegedly inspired Disney's Snow White castle. Its nice to travel a little less, and get our energy back for the next stage of the trip.

Our bike-packing journey round northern Spain continues as we leave Salamanca for the mountains of Mogarraz - one of Spain's official "pretty villages", and a great area for hiking. From there we scoot round to Avila, again hugging the mountains as we go. As always, there is lots of eating & drinking, as well as plenty of pretty medieval architecture. Enjoy :)

We take a bit of a windy route from Leon to Salamanca, and our days seem to fall into a bit of a repetitive rhythm: Bike - Bar - Bike - Bar - Bike - Bar - Tapas. Or sometimes Bike - Bar - Bike - Bar - Bike - Bar - Tapas - Bar - Tapas - Bar! Enjoy x

We cycle west across the south side of the Cantabrian mountains, taking in the Palentina National Park. Its hot, very pretty and full of cows and frogs!

We head off from the UK, travelling by ferry to Santander. From there its a few days cycling to Aguilar de Campoo on the south side of the Cantabrian mountains.

We are about to embark on our next trip, so I thought I would share our plans and also update those of you who didn't know what happened after our last video from Colombia in January. We head off this Friday (15th May), and I'll be videoing this trip as usual. I might be getting just a bit excited now!!!

Our Christmas trip with Ed, Jan and Tom continues. We spend Christmas day in a lovely AirBnB in Medellin, before heading to Guatape. Then its back to Bogota so these guys can catch their flight home. It was a bit of a whistle-stop tour of Colombia, but I hope they got a good sense of the country and above all, I really hope they enjoyed it.