Both our bums are hurting plus our quads and calves, but this is all muscle fatigue which is good for me in getting nerve ends retrained. Possibly not to the point of jelly legs but hey ho.
We got to Cascante then noted several people have stopped here whilst traversing Spain. The Aire is in a car park where there is a spa. It seems you are allowed to take up 4 bays between the entry and the nursery with service point straight ahead from the entrance.
It was a very q night and not really woken in the morning with children being dropped off.
The disused railway line runs from Tudela to Tarazona. It must have had 2 tracks and one is compact grit and the other half is tarmac. The grit was a smoother ride.
Our choice was to go to Tarazona mainly because as we drove in last night we could see on a map where the railway line went and it appeared very very flat with little no points of interest. We thought Tudela could wait for us.
It was 1.5 km to the railway station from the Aire and a map is really not required to check yourself.
Picnic stops are absolutely plentiful on the route which only has a minimal gradient but is very straight. It helped with vistas both sides and a snowcapped mountain in front of us. Plenty of bunny spotting and very limited other users. Finish is at the train station.
Tarazona has its good points. Plenty to see, convent church cathedral monastery bull ring Jewish quarter but what was really annoying was the complete and utter lack of bike parking facilities. Tourist information will be having one rebuilt but didn't know of anywhere in the town so I asked if we could park against railings and had to ask police next door. No was the answer and they couldn't give us an option so we just parked them on metal guards around trees. We didn't see another bike parked while we were there !
The cathedral was a bit of a let down as well as they wanted money to enter. We are used to just popping in to churches and alike.
The wind was with us on the way back and didn't take long. Under normal circumstances cycling into Tudela as well would have been well within our range as we clocked up 28 K today.
Update. Got back to the van and decided our legs needed a walk so went into the town. It is nothing to write home about. You walk through the residential area and then see an odd shop or 2 then more housing.
Standing above everything is a Basilica. It is a trek to get up there but worth it for nice views and a garden. Wasn't open which seems to be a theme for us ATM.
We did find a milk vending machine with a litre costing a euro and reusable plastic container for 80 cents. Thought about it as we do this at home but then found a litre of milk was 1.05 with the container from a Dia shop.
We thought we earnt a beer and 7 euros got us 2 large beers so twice as much beer as in France.
We got to Cascante then noted several people have stopped here whilst traversing Spain. The Aire is in a car park where there is a spa. It seems you are allowed to take up 4 bays between the entry and the nursery with service point straight ahead from the entrance.
It was a very q night and not really woken in the morning with children being dropped off.
The disused railway line runs from Tudela to Tarazona. It must have had 2 tracks and one is compact grit and the other half is tarmac. The grit was a smoother ride.
Our choice was to go to Tarazona mainly because as we drove in last night we could see on a map where the railway line went and it appeared very very flat with little no points of interest. We thought Tudela could wait for us.
It was 1.5 km to the railway station from the Aire and a map is really not required to check yourself.
Picnic stops are absolutely plentiful on the route which only has a minimal gradient but is very straight. It helped with vistas both sides and a snowcapped mountain in front of us. Plenty of bunny spotting and very limited other users. Finish is at the train station.
Tarazona has its good points. Plenty to see, convent church cathedral monastery bull ring Jewish quarter but what was really annoying was the complete and utter lack of bike parking facilities. Tourist information will be having one rebuilt but didn't know of anywhere in the town so I asked if we could park against railings and had to ask police next door. No was the answer and they couldn't give us an option so we just parked them on metal guards around trees. We didn't see another bike parked while we were there !
The cathedral was a bit of a let down as well as they wanted money to enter. We are used to just popping in to churches and alike.
The wind was with us on the way back and didn't take long. Under normal circumstances cycling into Tudela as well would have been well within our range as we clocked up 28 K today.
Update. Got back to the van and decided our legs needed a walk so went into the town. It is nothing to write home about. You walk through the residential area and then see an odd shop or 2 then more housing.
Standing above everything is a Basilica. It is a trek to get up there but worth it for nice views and a garden. Wasn't open which seems to be a theme for us ATM.
We did find a milk vending machine with a litre costing a euro and reusable plastic container for 80 cents. Thought about it as we do this at home but then found a litre of milk was 1.05 with the container from a Dia shop.
We thought we earnt a beer and 7 euros got us 2 large beers so twice as much beer as in France.
