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    Weather and Difficulty Questions

    It's less about the uphills you can power through and more about the downhills. There were a few downhills, fortunately without too much traffic, that I serpentined down to save my knees! At least 1 pole is a must if you haven't trained.
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    Any foodies in the house?

    yes on the anchovies! I'm back in NY reviewing my pictures to respond to your query -- these all from last September...I would love to go back in a heartbeat!
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    Any foodies in the house?

    The food in Basque Country is amazing. You are on the coast so the seafood is incredibly fresh! In Irun our first night before our start, we stumbled upon a restaurant with an outdoor deck that looked inviting and this was a beautifully arranged Spanish catfish! Yes, catfish! And yes pintxos -...
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    Bilbao to Portugalete

    Be sure to get the larger 700 stamp at the shop by the bridge - Portugalete is celebrating its 700th anniversary. https://tourism.euskadi.eus/en/tourist-news/portugalete-celebrates-its-700th-anniversary/aa30-12375/en/. Also we stayed an extra day to explore the area and rode the little green...
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    Ferry to Santoña
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    weather

    I just finished Irun to Santander and had all weather extremes 35C on the first day out of Irun - but I can’t imagine the over mountain route in the rain - it was the hardest rock paths that we had dust and parched lips but if you have rain it will be slippery. Just after the church Guadalupe...

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