As I travel through the eastern part of the Pyrenees I find quiet, narrow valleys and small villages. The passes today are as high as those in the high Pyrenees, but the valleys aren't as deep and so I start much higher. Nevertheless there's enough up and down. While...

Deeper into Catalonia ... I can't help noticing that there are not many signs at all that I'm in Spain here. There are no Spanish flags, people even don't speak Spanish but Catalan, which doesn't make it easier to understand. I really hope they make their...

The road up to the Port d'Envalira is always full, but today it seemed eben busier than usual. That's despite the weather that did not quite invite for a stroll at 2400 m. It was cloudy and around 15° C most of the time. Good cycling weather with almost no wind. The...

The Col d'Agnes was first on the list this morning. With a steep start and an almost flat stretch at the top, it was rather unusual. Still, another 800 m elevation down in the books. The weather was overcast and stayed so all day but it was warm enoigh and pretty much...

After a night in the wild, while bears and wolves crept around my tent*, I ventured back onto the road and a downhill that was surprisingly less cold than expected at 8 a.m. After a bit of flat riding along the Ger river, I reached the start of the Col de Portet...

A quick 7 km / 700 hm uphill in the morning works better than any coffee 🙂 I went up the Col de Peyresourde not by the new main road but turned off half way up to take the old road via Peyragudes (supposedly also a pass, but not well marked). With the weather fairly...

Rain. After having joked with the campground owner the night before that it always rained in Spain and the weather was so nice here, it started raining around 10 p.m. and it didn't stop in the morning. Oh, was I happy that I had already ridden up to over 1000 m...

Famous Col d'Aubisque beckons this morning, at 1709 meters one of the highest paved passes in the Pyrenees that is not a dead end. I start the beautiful 900+ meter climb from Laruns in good spirits and reach the top in the glaring sun. The downhill towards the Col de...

The rain in Spain most definitely does not mainly stay in the plain! Actually, I think that most of it fell on my tent yesterday night ... The morning is foggy and damp as I set out back towards France. On the uphill towards the Col de la Pierre St Martin it starts...

Sunshine! Starting early, I climb the remaining 150 meters elevation to the Col de Burdincurucheta and after a short downhill another 400 meters to the Col d'Iraty. The downhill from here is steep and fast. Before ling I arrive at Larrau where I make an early lunch....