From August to October 2025 I plan to cycle from my home in the UK to Istanbul.

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  • Basque loop day four

    The ridge line.

    Towns are generally built near to a river. A river is always at the lowest point. Therefore whenever we start the day it’s with a climb. It was no different today.

    After an hour going up we hit the ridge line that we would follow for most of the day, passing over gravel and rocky trails. Sometimes we were in open mountains, others passing through mature beech forests. At one corner we encountered a massive rocky escarpment.

    Just before some steep single track descent

    There were single track sections near a river, and the day ended with a flying greenway section into Vitoria, the Basque capital.

    Day four highlights

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