2022 Bike Trip - S22.E09 Sotres & Covadonga

The tour of the Picos starts properly! Leaving Soto after a hearty breakfast we take an amazing ride to Sotres and finish for the night in Covadonga.
The individual and extended days of our extraordinarily epic Picos and Pyrenees 2022 bike trip!
And yes a GPX of the route is available
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We traveled from Scotland to Newcastle for the DFDS ferry over to The Netherlands, a few days travelling down through France a week or so in Spain then back again via Belgium.
21 days in total and 3168 miles with lots of stories along the way.
The journey included roads such as the Route De Belvès, Route De Lourdes, Ca-282, Ca-1 to Sotres, N-625, Cain De Valdeon, N-621, CI-627 & 626, Col D'aubisque, Col Du Tourmalet and Col Du Aspin. And Visiting towns and cities such as Bourges, Sarlat La Caneda, Lourdes, San Sebastian, Soto, Fuente De, Jaca, Arreau, Meyronne, Rouen and Bruges,
All shot on two Gopro 8's and a Sony A7IV and enjoyed on a BMW GS1250 motorcycle 😀🏍

[@chema1546]

ok 👌👌 best regards from Valencia Spain

[@peterowberry4390]

Another cracking episode

[@alanbell6999]

Another grand production.

[@marktaylor7997]

👍👍👍👋👋👋😂😂

[@davidreed6817]

Simply amazing, imagine waking up to that most days (the scenery not Helen !!).

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

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[@lilreddevil600]

Covadonga looks pretty amazing. And it seems Spanish cows are far less skittish than Montana cows, which is a good thing.

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

Laid back coos 😀

[@rayguy4760]

That looked absolutely stunning

[@utt1229]

When you stay overnight in a hotel do you do you book the whole place,or do people just avoid you.The reason I ask is that every hotel you go to you seem to be the only residents.🙂

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

I'm beginning to think our reputation precedes us! 😀

[@Hogdriver88]

Another great one 👍Those villages look fabulous.

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

They are great aren't they 😀👍🏍

[@flhfd1703]

Now that was very nice once again! Please, can I have some more? One more time I really enjoyed the chilled soundtrack. Is that a conscious decision to make use of more electronic music or is that more of a copyright issue? Looking forward to our own Spring ride tomorrow.

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

Yeah thought I'd mix it up and add a bit of chill and also it's non copyrighted! Hope you had a good run 😀👍🏍

[@flhfd1703]

@@travelsonmymotorbike Oh, yes, thanks! A very nice 20 degree day under blue skies in the Alps.

[@lozv9974]

Love those roads, when was this? We were there late august and that huge boulder was in the road then!

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

July. Don't think they were in a rush to remove it!

[@lozv9974]

@@travelsonmymotorbike manana 😂

[@andykitchen2921]

Brilliant Fraser, Helen. Same roads as us, we were about 3 weeks behind you. Looking forward to the Route Gloriana ride past the deer and up to the Bear, saw your stickers there 🙂

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

Mega roads aren't they! 😀👍🏍

[@christopherjones3422]

Fabulous roads, astounding scenery. Love it guys.

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

Thanks 👍

[@TheBazza2556]

loved that, the scenery was amazing, what a ride through the mountains, lovely weather, lovely bendy roads, a bikers dream...cracking

[@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121]

Great to see this, as a reminder of my trips last year and '21. They are indeed truly fantastic roads and mountain scenery, and a great choice of roads on your part. I've found that the whole of Northern Spain offers so much more than I was aware of during my climbing days in the Picos. All I'll say is, that if you get across there again, it's worth the painfully early start to ride up to Intralagos above Covadonga, and catch the sunrise over the Central Picos. (Have a squint at my little offering from last year and you'll see what I mean) Thanks again, and stay safe. 😎👍

[@travelsonmymotorbike]

Thanks Martin, will have a look 😀🏍👍

[@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121]

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