europeitinerary2001
Europe Itinerary 2001
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08/03/2001 - 0.. kms Paris (
France
)
09/03/2001 - 49. kms Estampes
10/03/2001 - 73. kms Orléans
11/03/2001 - 64. kms Blois
13/03/2001 - 83. kms Tours
14/03/2001 - 68. kms Chatellerault
15/03/2001 - 42. kms Poitiers
17/03/2001 - 75. kms Negres
18/03/2001 - 58. kms Angoulemes
19/03/2001 - 53. kms Challais
20/03/2001 - 74. kms Creon
21/03/2001 - 98. kms Parentis
22/03/2001 - 103 kms Hossegor (first flat)
23/03/2001 - 33. kms Anglet (Biaritz)
25/03/2001 - 36. kms Hendaye
26/03/2001 - 52. kms Zarautz (
Northern Spain
)
28/03/2001 - 98. kms Bilbao
31/03/2001 - 69. kms Colindres
01/04/2001 - 68. kms Santillana del Mar
03/04/2001 - 69. kms Llanes (broken spoke)
04/04/2001 - 30. kms Ribadesella
05/04/2001 - 84. kms Candas (lost left pedal bearing cap)
06/04/2001 - 82. kms Luarca
07/04/2001 - 63. kms Vegadeo
08/04/2001 - 99. kms Gutin de Pallares
09/04/2001 - 84. kms Santiago de Compostella
11/04/2001 - 113 kms Tui
12/04/2001 - 54. kms Viana do Castelo (
Portugal
)
14/04/2001 - 91. kms Porto
16/04/2001 - 132 kms Condeixa
17/04/2001 - 110 kms Rio Maior (tear in the seat)
18/04/2001 - 90. kms Lisbon (broken spoke)
20/04/2001 - 118 kms Montemor (ferry across the Tojo)
21/04/2001 - 32. kms Evora
22/04/2001 - 94. kms Moura
23/04/2001 - 85. kms Mertola
24/04/2001 - 93. kms Lepe (
Southern Spain
)
25/04/2001 - 123 kms Bollullos de la Mitacion
26/04/2001 - 136 kms Medina Sidonia (ferry across de Guadalquivir)
27/04/2001 - 75. kms Algeciras (screaming brakes... need to change the pads)
28/04/2001 - 0.. kms Gibraltar (
Gibraltar
)
29/04/2001 - 45. kms Tetouan (ferry to Ceuta) (
Morocco
)
01/05/2001 - 63. kms Tanger
02/05/2001 - 89. kms Larache
03/05/2001 - 72. kms Souk-el-Arba-du-Rharb
04/05/2001 - 111 kms Meknès
06/05/2001 - 60. kms Fès
07/05/2001 - 83. kms Taza (plus 40 kms in the back of a pick-up truck)
08/05/2001 - 26. kms Melille (Spanish Morocco... plus 194 kms by bus)
10/05/2001 - 93. kms Mojacar (
Mediterranean Spain
) (ferry from Melilla to Almeria)
12/05/2001 - 97. kms Puerto de Mazarron
13/05/2001 - 148 kms Alicante
14/05/2001 - 105 kms Denia (and ferry to Sant Antonio in Ibiza)
17/05/2001 - 0.. kms (ferry to Barcelona)
20/05/2001 - 104 kms Girona
21/05/2001 - 42. kms Figuerès
23/05/2001 - 59. kms Perpignan (
Back to France
)
25/05/2001 - 71. kms Narbonne (train to Paris)
26/05/2001 - 96. kms Gisors
27/05/2001 - 102 kms Dieppe
28/05/2001 - 0.. kms (ferry to Newhaven -
England
) (flat on rear tire)
30/05/2001 - 56. kms Arundel (flat on rear tire)
31/05/2001 - 83. kms Winchester
01/06/2001 - 41. kms Salisbury
02/06/2001 - 72. kms Bath
03/06/2001 - 76. kms St. Briavels
04/06/2001 - 116 kms Clun
05/06/2001 - 92. kms Carris (
Wales
)
06/06/2001 - 55. kms Blaenau Ffestiniog
07/06/2001 - 52. kms Bangor
08/06/2001 - 59. kms Bray (
Republic of Ireland
) (ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire)
09/06/2001 - 47. kms Garry Knock
10/06/2001 - 93. kms Tullamore
11/06/2001 - 114 kms Tuam
12/06/2001 - 88. kms Westport
13/06/2001 - 103 kms Sligo
14/06/2001 - 69. kms Donegal
15/06/2001 - 77. kms Londonderry (
Northern Ireland
)
17/06/2001 - 92. kms Whitepark Bay
18/06/2001 - 84. kms Larne (ferry to Cairnryan -
Scotland
)
19/06/2001 - 83. kms Ayr (new rear tire)
20/06/2001 - 65. kms Lochranza (ferry from Androssan to Brodick)
21/06/2001 - 103 kms Oban (ferry from Lochranza to Claernaugh)
22/06/2001 - 113 kms South Laggan
23/06/2001 - 83. kms Inverness (weld failure rear pannier rack, re-welded)
26/06/2001 - 113 kms Helmsdale
27/06/2001 - 70. kms Thurso
28/06/2001 - 10. kms Scrabster (ferry to Stromness, Orkney Islands)
01/07/2001 - 0.. kms (ferry to Lerwick, Shetland Islands)
02/07/2001 - 0.. kms (ferry to Bergen,
Norway
)
05/07/2001 - 113 kms Voss
16/07/2001 - 94. kms Borlaug (ferry from Gudvangen to Laerdal)
07/07/2001 - 114 kms Leira
08/07/2001 - 128 kms Honefoss
09/07/2001 - 56. kms Oslo
11/07/2001 - 106 kms Sarpsborg
12/07/2001 - 55. kms Stromstad (
Sweden
)
13/07/2001 - 103 kms Rorback
14/07/2001 - 112 kms Goteborg
17/07/2001 - 127 kms Falkenberg
18/07/2001 - 144 kms Helsingborg
19/07/2001 - 0.. kms (flat on rear tire) (ferry from Helsingborg to Copenhagen,
Denmark
)
22/07/2001 - 100 kms Slagelse
23/07/2001 - 73. kms Odense (bus from Korsor to Nyborg)
24/07/2001 - 67. kms Fynshav (ferry from Bojden to Fynshav)
25/07/2001 - 68. kms Flensburg (
Northwestern Germany
) (new seat and new cork on handlebars)
27/07/2001 - 120 kms Itzehoe
28/07/2001 - 121 kms Nordenham (ferry from Gluckstadt to Wischafen and ferry from Bremerhaven to Blexen)
29/07/2001 - 98. kms Leer
30/07/2001 - 76. kms Groningen (
Holland
) (lost two screws on left pedal cage, broken weld on front water bottle holder)
01/08/2001 - 129 kms Oldburg
02/08/2001 - 110 kms Amsterdam (lost left pedal bearing cap)
05/08/2001 - 89. kms Poeldijk
06/08/2001 - 125 kms Koudekerke (ferry from Maassluis to Rozenburg) (tear in the seat)
07/08/2001 - 53. kms Bruges (
Belgium
) (ferry from Vlissingen to Breskens)
09/08/2001 - 78. kms Aalst
10/08/2001 - 33. kms Brussels
12/08/2001 - 82. kms Namur
13/08/2001 - 86. kms Champlon
14/08/2001 - 96. kms Luxembourg (
Luxembourg
)
16/08/2001 - 116 kms Bernkastel-Kues (
Southern Germany
)
17/08/2001 - 83. kms Stromberg
18/08/2001 - 103 kms Worms
19/08/2001 - 118 kms Neckarzimmern
20/08/2001 - 42. kms Heilbronn
21/08/2001 - 114 kms Aalen
22/08/2001 - 128 kms Ingolstadt
23/08/2001 - 90. kms Friedberg
24/08/2001 - 89. kms Schongau
25/08/2001 - 118 kms Innsbruck (
Austria
)
26/08/2001 - 145 kms Bronzolo (
Italy
)
27/08/2001 - 114 kms Borghetto
28/08/2001 - 134 kms Monzzanica
29/08/2001 - 45. kms Milan
31/08/2001 - 109 kms Arquata Scrivia (found bearing caps for pedals)
01/09/2001 - 83. kms Rapallo
02/09/2001 - 96. kms Castelnuova Magra
03/09/2001 - 116 kms Cecina (flats on both rear and front tires) (middle pedal gear really worn and chain skips)
04/09/2001 - 105 kms Grosseto
05/09/2001 - 120 kms Civitavecchia (flat on front tire, tube changed)
06/09/2001 - 88. kms Rome
12/09/2001 - 0.. kms Pompei/Vesuvio
15/09/2001 - 0.. kms Salerno/Amalfi/Capri/Paestum
20/09/2001 - 0.. kms Matera
22/09/2001 - 0.. kms Bari
25/09/2001 - 0.. kms Kalambaka/Meteora
(
Greece
)
27/09/2001 - 0.. kms Athena
30/09/2001 - 0.. kms Mykonos/Delos
03/10/2001 - 0.. kms Paros/Antiparos
04/10/2001 - 0.. kms Naxos
07/10/2001 - 0.. kms Santorini
11/10/2001 - 0.. kms Heraklion/Knossos
14/10/2001 - 0.. kms Hania
15/10/2001 - 0.. kms Kissamos
16/10/2001 - 0.. kms Gythia
17/10/2001 - 0.. kms Sparta/Mystras
19/10/2001 - 0.. kms Corinth
21/10/2001 - 0.. kms Patras
23/10/2001 - 0.. kms Venise
(
back to Italy
)
25/10/2001 - 0.. kms Florence
28/10/2001 - 0.. kms Milan
30/10/2001 - 0.. kms Paris
(
back to France and Home
)
Total distance cycled is.... 12,195 kms
