Four cyclists John, Tony, another Tony and Dan regularly meet to cycle the lanes of Hertfordshire. This month we are cycling 'El Camino de Santiago de Compostela' following the 'Camino Frances'. This is an ancient walking pilgrim route of 800km from South-West France to the shrine of St James in Galicia in North-West Spain. But we are doing it on bikes.
All cycling Grand Tours (La Giro, Le Tour and La Vuelta), have a prologue. Ours is no different. We are staying the first night in North London and then getting the 0701 Eurostar to Paris, cycling across Paris to Gare Montparnasse and taking a TGV to Biarritz, where we stay the night.
The next day we start our ride by setting off to St Jean Pied de Port, where various routes from across France and Europe converge to become the 'Camino Frances' to Santiago.
Is this a cycling holiday or a pilgrimage? Perhaps the ratio between the two will keep changing as we go along!
We hope to give updates on our 'Camino'.
With you all the way boys !!
ReplyDeleteBest Wishes
Keith (fellow traveler with John in USA)