Most motorclists visiting the western end of the Pyreneees and certainly much of the north Spanish coast will, at some point or other, probably come across the long 'pilgrims trail' that ends at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Much of it follows dusty pilgrims' trails, marked by scallop shell signs, inaccessible other than by dirt bike.
Leaving aside any religious background, the route is interesting enough for the places it passes through and the things there are to see along the way. Yes, some of them are cathederals, shrines and churches but hey, they don't do any great harm and they are not entirely bad to look at.
The Spanish tourist association ANYA have published a 'motorcyclists' version of the route. In fact there are several versions, all ending up in Santiago de Compostela but be that as it may I thought I would have a go at cutting the paper map into BaseCamp. Along the way I can use the time to Google up the paces it passes through, which in itself will be interesting enough, I guess. When finished, I will post the route(s) up in this thread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
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and a bit of proof that you can 'do it' (as they say) on anything....
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and you can always walk it instead....
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Leaving aside any religious background, the route is interesting enough for the places it passes through and the things there are to see along the way. Yes, some of them are cathederals, shrines and churches but hey, they don't do any great harm and they are not entirely bad to look at.
The Spanish tourist association ANYA have published a 'motorcyclists' version of the route. In fact there are several versions, all ending up in Santiago de Compostela but be that as it may I thought I would have a go at cutting the paper map into BaseCamp. Along the way I can use the time to Google up the paces it passes through, which in itself will be interesting enough, I guess. When finished, I will post the route(s) up in this thread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
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and a bit of proof that you can 'do it' (as they say) on anything....
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and you can always walk it instead....
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