From outwits to El cañón (65.2 miles)
All woke very early, packed up and left our dodgy camping spot pronto. The northern mountains of Spain proved a challenge after a week off the bikes in San Sebastien. 3 steep climbs later and we rolled into Bilbao with the intention of cycling straight through the port city in the direction of Burgos. However, after 2 hours of fruitless searching for our exit we were still in Bilbao, knackered after cycling up and down the mountainous streets. We have mastered asking for directions in Spanish but nobody has quite got round to reading the section of the phrasebook detailing the answers to our questions!
Eventually we escaped the grips of Bilbao into the mountains between Bilbao and Burgos. As we have learnt so far, the going gets tougher as the scenery improves. This afternoon's leg of the cycle was no exception to this rule. The exhausting task of climbing some very steep and windy roads was rewarded by amazing views of rolling hills and small villages perched on the side of mountains. Unfortunately, we have a slight problem with the camera just now so no photos but we'll try and edit some in later.
After the last and most brutal climb (about 500m!) we found ourselves on the plains of Burgos just in time for setting up camp in a nice field, next to a river...miles better than last night's accommodation!
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