08:17

Sunrise from above the beach at Orio. It's gonna be a good day! smile

10:51

Road sign said 26% but saw 30% gradient on the Garmin today. Yikes! Beautiful day on the bike all the same smile

12:54

Walk in Lekeitio. Fancied lunch but no food to be seen, just bars with men sipping white wine. Odd! Nice beach tho smile

10:09

Today's ride: Coastal warm up before some brutal inland gradients. Full summer kit. Amazing mid-October conditions!

15:34

Windy walk home on't beach after lunch. Guess who forgot their sunnies? wink In my defence was overcast when we left tongue

11:05

Wondering around Vilanova i la Geltru between a couple of brief showers. Nice little town, worth a look if passing.

10:19

Today's ride: beautiful route from Spanish coast through vineyards, forests, hills & back. Springtime perfection! smile

09:23

Starting the weekend right with little Saturday morning stroll on the beach smile

19:37

Beach-side apperos/dinner. Fried anchovies for me but ordered paella for 2 in error so had to help Pratiwi. Oops! wink

19:10

Sunset at Blanes. Seems like every beach here has a group of small fishing boats for tourists to snap. Works well smile

08:07

Sunrise at Blanes. Bit too cloudy on the horizon TBH, but only here for 2 nights so best I could manage am afraid sad

12:24

Passing few mins on Tossa de Mar beach as restaurant we'd like to try not open yet. Spanish lunch hours: terrible! wink

10:52

More beaches & beautiful little villages today. Gotta say am liking the off season here - quiet & perfect weather smile

11:20

Today's ride: From Spanish coast into hills & back, then coastal road dropping down to the occasional beach. Awesome!

16:52

What more beach? Off season in practically empty Calonge on a lovely sunny evening. Nice when it's not crazy busy! smile

09:52

From beach, inland into rolling hills & finale over Jaizkibel coastal road. Latter in particular has amazing views!

16:47

The Med! We're not really beach people, but now & then have to remind ourselves mountains were the correct choice! wink

11:30

Ride to Atlantic & back via some, erm, interesting 'roads'! It ain't Sydney sad But then again - it ain't Sydney smile wink

10:45

Today's ride: Erm... where's the mountains & what's this blue stuff? wink Cruising between beaches on the Medoc coast.

18:45

Oh look... a beach... and we're nowhere near the coast! grin Lovely spot by river Lot, Causses du Quercy National Park.

16:41

Stroll along Hendaye beach, with obligatory ice-cream stop. Shame about the clouds, but TBH almost nicer like that.

11:13

Morning wonder around San Sebastian. Overcast & quiet, but still lovely. Now... which of these tapas bars is open? wink

12:51

Arriving in San Sebastian: little walk along La Concha before we get to the serious business of the day... wink

13:13

Plenty of scope for CX training on today's ride wink By the beach & through wetland. And yes, those dots are flamingos!

15:06

Post lunch walk home along the beach. Think that sangria is still working on someone wink grin

14:00

Beach front at Villajoyosa. This one's sandy: note the palms wink Can't say it's not colourful enough & rather like it!

18:03

Evening stroll. Is cloudy but warm. No sand, but on the plus side, won't be find it in every orifice for hours! wink

18:06

Made it to the Med! We don't really do beach (too flat) But plus side: it's a bit warmer here! Swings/roundabouts wink

12:28

Walk on the beach near Facho (Portugal). Bit grey & windy, but there's still fun to be had looking for treasure! wink

09:27

Cathedral Beach, North Spain. Fabulous 'almost winter' morning exploring. Low tide here is a must. Well planned! wink

15:56

Another deserted Spanish beach. This is Playa de la Griega, our lunch (well, very late lunch) stop for the day.

13:54

The rather rocky & wind-swept beach at Vega. Only 1 sole surfer braving the elements here. Oh, & me (not Pratiwi!) tongue

12:43

Hola España! Not a bad spot nor day for a first Spanish encounter. May they all be as sunny & picturesque as this! smile

12:51

Stroll along the coast around Cancale. Past local festivities. Oysters everywhere! Don't worry, we had some later tongue

06:15

Back by the beach, this time Benoa. You know what that means? More jogging at dawn, with breaks for pictures smile

07:26

Karon beach just after sunrise. Almost makes the jogging bearably wink #MissMyBike cry

17:55

Sunset pre-dinner walk along Karon beach. Sorry about the tourist pics, but I did say there'd be palm trees coming wink

12:15

Karon beach at midday. Umbrellas far as the eye can see but still many lobsters around. Ouch! Not for us until later.

18:35

Obligatory, 'sunset on the beach', holiday snap. Sorry... I'll put some palm leaf silhouettes in the next one wink

18:00

Little stroll before pre-dinner drinks, Kamala beach. It's pretty small as I managed to jog end to end this morning!

12:55

Decided to skip lunch, but still time for short stroll on Pampelonne Beach. This is the Med. so 'surf' here is tiny!

13:20

On the beach near Saint-Raphaël. Got to love being on a sunny beach, yet looking over to snow capped mountains.

15:35

... and look. A bar. OK, OK... you've twisted my arm wink

15:30

Oh look... it's that time of day again. Back at the beach enjoying another Mediterranean sunset...

15:45

Sunset on Nice beach... take #1.

11:20

Back in France, but the beach here in Menton isn't much to write home about. Next!