Mrs C is away for a company shindig in September, which leaves me with a weekend alone. One of my goals for this year had been to increase the distance I've cycled and the variety of terrain in which I've done it.
To that end I've been looking at taking my bike abroad and doing a long weekend run taking advantage of a potentially free weekend.
The main constraints are that start and end points must be easily accessible from Liverpool or Manchester, and travel cost must not be too high. I've got friends who live in Barcelona which makes it an obvious destination, and I was thinking of starting in France and heading south.
The two choices are either along the coast, or cutting inland to Limoux and over the Pyrenees and down. The latter being my preferred route, with a total distance of around 600km.
At this stage I've not booked anything or made firm plans I'm just looking for thoughts at this stage, my plan would be to do this over 5 or 6 days, hopefully faster, with a day or two in Barcelona.
Any thoughts or planning tips?
To that end I've been looking at taking my bike abroad and doing a long weekend run taking advantage of a potentially free weekend.
The main constraints are that start and end points must be easily accessible from Liverpool or Manchester, and travel cost must not be too high. I've got friends who live in Barcelona which makes it an obvious destination, and I was thinking of starting in France and heading south.
The two choices are either along the coast, or cutting inland to Limoux and over the Pyrenees and down. The latter being my preferred route, with a total distance of around 600km.
At this stage I've not booked anything or made firm plans I'm just looking for thoughts at this stage, my plan would be to do this over 5 or 6 days, hopefully faster, with a day or two in Barcelona.
Any thoughts or planning tips?