Hi All.
Long time lurker here.
A mate & I are considering a foreign bike trip to celebrate (commiserate ) our 50th birthdays. That's 2018, but the trip may happen sooner, and I enjoy the researching & planning well in advance.
I'm looking at ferry to Roscoff (from southern Ireland), then heading southbound through France, across northern Spain, down Portugal, all via coastal (or generally near-coast) routes to somewhere like Gibraltar. Then returning north through central Spain & France.
How feasible is it to do some light off-road / green-lane type sections along those routes, preferably on the southbound routes?
We'd be on or own bikes, and happy to wild camp & eat, but would like the odd hotel / B&B / restaurant night too.
If anyone has links to info & resources regarding routes where bikes can go off-road I'd be really grateful.
Also, can I download & use Garmin's Basecamp in advance of actually purchasing a GPS unit?
Thanks for any replies,
Mark
Long time lurker here.
A mate & I are considering a foreign bike trip to celebrate (commiserate ) our 50th birthdays. That's 2018, but the trip may happen sooner, and I enjoy the researching & planning well in advance.
I'm looking at ferry to Roscoff (from southern Ireland), then heading southbound through France, across northern Spain, down Portugal, all via coastal (or generally near-coast) routes to somewhere like Gibraltar. Then returning north through central Spain & France.
How feasible is it to do some light off-road / green-lane type sections along those routes, preferably on the southbound routes?
We'd be on or own bikes, and happy to wild camp & eat, but would like the odd hotel / B&B / restaurant night too.
If anyone has links to info & resources regarding routes where bikes can go off-road I'd be really grateful.
Also, can I download & use Garmin's Basecamp in advance of actually purchasing a GPS unit?
Thanks for any replies,
Mark