Revisita España 2014 - Agosto

The return.

Since we were in Spain last year I have been looking at another trip, and a trip on the bike.  So it comes together for this year.

We won't be able to get down to the south in a week, but we will be able to visit the cities in the north where there are many things to see.  

Spain in August should have decent weather, even in the north!

At the moment I have stuck out a leg and booked us on the LD Lines ferry from Poole to Santander. No return as yet.  

Including the BH at the end of the holiday we have a total of  10 days. The first two will be taken up with the ride to Poole and the ferry crossing. It's 26 hours.

LD Lines was quite a bit cheaper than Brittany Ferries and no doubt we'll find out why!  The cost includes a cabin and I booked an outside one. So we'll be able to watch the sea go by.  So in reality we have 5 days to look at things before we have think about riding back.

The reason I didn't book a return trip with LD was that their ferry leaves on the Sunday night, the turn round seems about four hours and the arrival back in UK is 2330 on Monday. We have work the next day.

Brittany Ferries is also fully booked that weekend as it is effectively the last of the school holidays.  So it looks like we will have to ride back across France.

I'll begin to have a look at where to go soon, but have booked an hotel in Santander on booking.com for the first night on Spanish soil.