Doc wants to add Spain to his Doc does trip reports

[Doc]

And finally all sorted and booked.
6 hotels and got 14 nights in Spain so plenty of time for a ride round. Prob missed loads out but as the ukgser travel advisor says.
It wont run away.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/56tzScknbsxQ4PRLA

 

[Simon_100]

If you're on your Indian you'll find the section Cuenca to Santa Eulalia very hard going. Better divert a little bit via Albarracin - and you'll wish you'd booked a hotel there!

 

[Doc]

If you're on your Indian you'll find the section Cuenca to Santa Eulalia very hard going. Better divert a little bit via Albarracin - and you'll wish you'd booked a hotel there!

Why hard going ? Also why a hotel ?

 

[Simon_100]

Bits of that road are hardly more than lanes plus lots of hairpins ...
Albarracin is fabulous and a shame to pass it by seeing as you're so near

 

[Doc]

Bits of that road are hardly more than lanes plus lots of hairpins ...
Albarracin is fabulous and a shame to pass it by seeing as you're so near

Ok. But the roads will be the same to Albarracin ?
Plus can they be any worse than the French Alps ?

 

[Doc]

Decided on a stopover on the way home from Plymouth.

Ramada by Wyndham Cheltenham · Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0ST, Vereinigtes Königreich

★★★★☆ · Hotel

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[Simon_100]

I'm thinking of one short section through Guadaviar and Griegos. OK you could just lump it but the detour to Albarracín is glorious
But you could turn back northwards before Albarracín (or just opt down the road for a coffee and look see) onto the A-1512 and rather than go to Santa Eulalia and onto the horrible N-234 follow it right up to Molina de Aragón, one of my favourite rotes in the whole of Spain which is saying a lot!

OH, I've just seen your final route and you're missing out on that area entirely! Oh well, maybe next time

 

[Doc]

I'm thinking of one short section through Guadaviar and Griegos. OK you could just lump it but the detour to Albarracín is glorious
But you could turn back northwards before Albarracín (or just opt down the road for a coffee and look see) onto the A-1512 and rather than go to Santa Eulalia and onto the horrible N-234 follow it right up to Molina de Aragón, one of my favourite rotes in the whole of Spain which is saying a lot!

OH, I've just seen your final route and you're missing out on that area entirely! Oh well, maybe next time

Difficult Simon trying to do everything but i will take a look at your suggestions thanks.

 

[Simon_100]

Difficult Simon trying to do everything but i will take a look at your suggestions thanks.

Maybe just keep a note of it for when you're there

 

[Doc]

Maybe just keep a note of it for when you're there

I have done and looked on map.

 

[stever1]

Best Spanish segment I ever did was from Ceres westbound on the N260. Eventually ending up in Pamplona. Good roads, not much traffic and then went north to Banca to a good hotel that was worth staying in.
2 good days riding.

 

[gspod]

Many y

Difficult Simon trying to do everything but i will take a look at your suggestions tha

Difficult Simon trying to do everything but i will take a look at your suggestions thanks.

A few years ago we left the HISS heading for Jerez and Simon gave us some tips - we weren’t disappointed, just saying.
Enjoy your trip - Spain is, truly, one of the best countries to ride a bike in the world.

 

[RedRick Esq.]

I have done and looked on map.

Is it a good time to to mention the duty free fag shops

 

[Doc]

Best Spanish segment I ever did was from Ceres westbound on the N260. Eventually ending up in Pamplona. Good roads, not much traffic and then went north to Banca to a good hotel that was worth staying in.
2 good days riding.

Noted Steve

Is it a good time to to mention the duty free fag shops

Always a good time.

 

[EVskiy]

Always a good time.

I thought you’ve knocked it on the head Doc?

 

[Doc]

I thought you’ve knocked it on the head Doc?

If I go out Ev I have a few smokes but that's it.

 

[MartinK]

Another nice hotel (on a lower budget) would be the Penas Arriba...

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Just a few miles from Potes if you like a more traditional and quieter place.
There's some awesome day trips from Potes, have a look at our video

The ferry from South England can be super busy and super expensive
Last autumn, one of my riding buddies nipped over to Ireland, and did the ferry from South Ireland to Spain - it worked out cheaper. Might work for you being a Northerner

 

[G&T]

Time to brush up on your Spanish now then Doc. No excuse, plenty of time.

 

[ATT]

Time to brush up on your Spanish now then Doc. No excuse, plenty of time.

Just put an 'O' on the end of everything

 

[Doc]

Time to brush up on your Spanish now then Doc. No excuse, plenty of time.

Just put an 'O' on the end of everything

Sorted 'O'