Spain 2014

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First sight of Spain in the distances.

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After a 26 hour flat calm crossing I ended up in a rather strange hotel in Santander, whilst walking around I expected shaggy and Scooby Doo to come running around a corner at any moment.

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you might just be able to make out the full suits of armour standing guard in the lobby....

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After an interesting night I headed east towards Torla where I camped for a couple of nights, but on the way I had a little play around this lake

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Torla campsite, a stunning place near Odessa national park. A place I must return to

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The next day I was off on a little trip over a Coll or two, so I headed out of the campsite and up the valley you can see in the distance

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Some views on the French side

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the start of a few twisties, this was a lovely valley to ride along

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and another one, the picture does not show the full extent of the inversion layer I was above. A huge sky and stunning mountains 

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and a little higher we go

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one of the bike

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just another bend, you can just about make out the path to the top of the mountain, would of been great on a small capacity light weight bike

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on the Col

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ever have that Condor moment

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just a few more twisties up a famous Col where the poor sods ride for the Tour of France