Simon,
There is a fault with this website, good as it is.
I think that there are meant to be four routes, but two of the routes seem to be duplicated exactly. These are:
(1) Ruta Tierra y Arte
(2) Ruta “232”
Or at least both shortcuts seem to lead to the single Ruta Tierra y Arte detailed page
Richard
Hmm, I see what you mean - although Google Maps is having a brain fart right now so I can't see all of them yet! - it looks like Ruta 232, which s the distance, is a selection of all of the routes put together. If you plough your way through the text all of the routes follow cultural 'themes' based on features of local architecture*, etc. - as I said in my fist post that's very much a Spanish 'thing', whereas the 232 simply describes the directions. It's a pity that they didn't add a link to download the 232 as that's probably what most foreign riders would want - lets face it, we can do enough brass rubbing at home
* for instance the 'Bovedas del Frio' are special building used to make and store ice - they used to fill them with snow in the winter and sell it in summer - often carrying the stuff in mule trains to coastal cities like Valencia - loads-a-money!!!
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hope this helps.
Yep, top man indeed. I have Dropbox but have never really explored its use, but suddenly I have to for a project I'm working on and it's better to admit my ignorance here - amongst friends
I'm rather disappointed to find it's a real name....
Cuervo I translated in my mind to 'Curves and bends' which seemed a good name. Always fun doing homemade translations, I find..... usually when faced with a menu!
I think the
Caminos de Santiago name of the book has only lifted the name from the famous 'Pilgrims way' concept. The routes look fine, I'd certainly ride them on anything from a donkey, a GS to a FireBlade. The book comes with dedicated maps in a nice package. Will I ever ride all or any of them? Some I've done but just scratched the surface. It's nice to have anyway, if only as a pipe dream or bucket list. I collect touring books and maps, which now stretch across Europe, mostly in local languages which is always a laugh. The whole thing has turned into a real industry, with some very good stuff out there.:
Ha ha, a fun pastime that one but perilous when you start learning or speaking the language. I used to do it with cook books, converting the 'universal' Catalan tomato gloop that goes into loads of dishes - good householders make it up weekly in batches - called
sofregit as 'so f*** it'. Nowadays when I'm KP to my mates here and they tell me to make/buy/fetch the
sofregit while they are sweating away at the stove I always get a fit of the giggles - and can't really explain why now can I!
Love the book collection idea. I'm a map geek - every time I go to Barcelona - a filthy job but by George someone's got to do it - I call by the
Altair travel bookshop, which i highly recommend.
My personal fetish if for travel
writing rather than travel guides - so much so that i'm starting a book of my own ...
First class info and help from you both. Thank you
Ditto Mick. BTW when are you coming down to Spain, I'll make sure to have my brolly to hand!
Regs
Simon
