The 20th Slieve Martin Slaughter

Saturday 24th October 2026 Starting point forest office 9am ,Starting early strongly DIScouraged unless hoping to be caught on first lap , Or you are planning 5 laps which would be strongly ENcouraged A Reminder*It is NOT a race , not even a sportive , nor a challenge...

Iberian divide day 9

Le fin, Vitoria Gasteiz to Bilbao Well. I will be penning a long missive to the ceo of Komoot this very day. Another massive misdirection. More later. Starting on a more pleasant note Victoria Gasteiz was absolutely buzzing last night. We had difficulty finding...

Iberian Divide day 8

The pilgrimage continues Logrono had been heavily plugged by primal tracking and we were not let down. There is a famous street “Calle laurel” which was 50 m from our door. It is lined with bars / restaurants/tapas bars and everyone was out. Great vibe. Liz chatted up...

Iberian divide day 7

In which we remain pilgrims and do penance Tadela was quiet last night when we went out for dinner at 8 pm. The first restaurant was empty so we excused ourselves and found an Italian with four people in it. By the time we were leaving at 10:30 it was full and people...

Iberian divide day 6

In which we become pilgrims! Great night in Zaragoza last night with wonderful tapas. . Back to the apartment to pack up and leave bikes ready for an 8 am start. We were using primal trackings route today which in quite a lot of parts was on the Camino de Santiago/...