Absolutely awesome brother Mark! You were so obviously excited about finishing your marathon. And what an adventure it was. Im so glad you got home safely. I bet you enjoyed being back in your own bed! Quite jaunty music on this one! Xx
Great video and Congratulations Mark on achieving your goal, a lot of tough terrain and a lot of wear and tear on the joints potentially but I'm sure you got an awful lot of personal satisfaction from achieving the distance, thanks Mark for sharing your trip welldone 👏👏👏👏👏👋
@@Trekon2 cheers, yeah I wanted to 'see if i could' and am so glad the weather was ok (although the wind on the last few days was draining!!). Onto the next one now!!
Thank you Mark enjoyed your journey immensely awaiting your next one maybe better Spain in winter perfect for cycling in the south from Malaga perfect place to start so many options going Malaga along coast (senda litoral”) then patching a route on Kamoot to west coast of Portugal Sagres some coastal and campo routes spectacular through Donana park 30km along beach one part San Lucar to matalascanas just a suggestion but thanks again for your trip
@@malcolmfoy6304 cheers. Yeah there's so much more to see out there. I'm pondering a coastal route next time so will refer to your suggestion.... Happy pedalling 🤟🏼
@@hammockdweller cheers, worked out a few thousand feet more elevation than Everest!! It was so worth it though.... Gotta get back out there soon, too cold in UK at the mo haha 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Ditto, Mark I’ve really enjoyed your journey, especially love your humour and look forward to watching next escapade. Am planning on doing Seville back up to Roscoff next year so this has been a joy to watch and learn from. Thank you.
@@richs1754 thanks so much.... You'll have fun in the Extremadura region, I wish id taken an umbrella hat for shade!! Enjoy, see you on the next one 🚴🏼♂️🏕️🤟🏼
Excellent, truly an epic trip. Many things I’ve enjoyed about your video, great that it was all done in real time with no ‘staged’ parts, just you, your bike and camera. I managed to do something similar a few years ago. Santander to Murcia on my bike being the idea, N roads, our B class and some dubious tarmac routes. Managed to get tp Valladolid on my first trip when my legs literally stopped moving! I tried again a year later but that time I took a train from Santander to Palencia to the North of Valladolid which was 4hrs round about route through the Cantabrian mountains. Managed to get to Avila this time on my bike when I got food poisoning curtesy of a hotel breakfast which laid me low for a few days so that put paid to that trip! Would I do it again, yes, but unfortunately circumstances have changed and I m unable to. Your trip reminded me so much of my trek, the cruel high mountains, the whooping on the downhill bits, some of the rough roads, shouting at the wind which seemed to be relentless, the hospitality of the Spanish people especially when you tried to speak Spanish. After one hill the next one seemed longer and steeper & the downhill bits never seemed often enough. Accommodation was generally very good both hostal & hotel, except for one hostal in Peneranda de Brocamonte which was more like a glorified brothel. Well done Mark on quite an accomplishment of actually reaching Malaga kudos to you!
Hi Mark , really enjoyed every video , well done , how do you pack your bike for transporting ? whats the trick how to do this when your coming back from different locations ? no bike bag etc ?
@@flyingpigmx4083 thanks so much 🤟🏼 check out the end of the vid... I show my hacked together bike box, made from multiple boxes from the Makro next to the hotel.... It was interesting at the airport trying to get it wrapped!!!
Riding through unknown unpaved roads in the proximity of a big town can be stupidly dangerous: you may unwittingly ride into lawless shanty towns where not even the local police dares to enter. If you are lucky, they will rob you and let you go back to safety. Always speak with the locals as you approach a town. Rural areas are safe.
@@Frostbiker I wondered why I didn't see any police on the trails.... I think the robbers stayed well clear of me, I was very ripe haha. I feel blessed to have made it out alive, haha 😂 Thanks for watching and happy pedalling 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Glad that you didn't have any issues. If you are ever curious, you can search for places like "3.000 Viviendas" in Seville, or el "Poblado de las Sabinas" in Madrid. These shanty towns have thankfully been disappearing over the past twenty years, but a few still remain.
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Absolutely awesome brother Mark! You were so obviously excited about finishing your marathon. And what an adventure it was. Im so glad you got home safely. I bet you enjoyed being back in your own bed! Quite jaunty music on this one! Xx
Great video and Congratulations Mark on achieving your goal, a lot of tough terrain and a lot of wear and tear on the joints potentially but I'm sure you got an awful lot of personal satisfaction from achieving the distance, thanks Mark for sharing your trip welldone 👏👏👏👏👏👋
@@Trekon2 cheers, yeah I wanted to 'see if i could' and am so glad the weather was ok (although the wind on the last few days was draining!!). Onto the next one now!!
Well done Mark. I have enjoyed your trip. Thanks for making the film. I hoped it would go on longer!
@@jackdey42 thanks for watching.... Check out my channel for other tours I've done 👍🏼 see you in the next one 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Cheers lad. I've really enjoyed following your trip down through Spain. Many thanks.
@@iaincameron5513 good lad, it was a blast 🚴🏼♂️🏕️🤟🏼
Well done Mark, wha an epic achievement. VJ.
@@Tealover645 thank you 🎸🚴🏼♂️🤟🏼
Thank you Mark enjoyed your journey immensely awaiting your next one maybe better Spain in winter perfect for cycling in the south from Malaga perfect place to start so many options going Malaga along coast (senda litoral”) then patching a route on Kamoot to west coast of Portugal Sagres some coastal and campo routes spectacular through Donana park 30km along beach one part San Lucar to matalascanas just a suggestion but thanks again for your trip
@@malcolmfoy6304 cheers. Yeah there's so much more to see out there. I'm pondering a coastal route next time so will refer to your suggestion.... Happy pedalling 🤟🏼
congratulations, great achievement!
@@PaulJones-k3f thanks 🚴🏼♂️🏕️🤟🏼
Well done and congratulations 👍
@@KarlRalph thank you 🚴🏼♂️🏕️🤟🏼
Well done Mark, considering Spain ain’t flat. 😀
@@hammockdweller cheers, worked out a few thousand feet more elevation than Everest!! It was so worth it though.... Gotta get back out there soon, too cold in UK at the mo haha 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Omg Mark, well done, I'm so bloody proud of you, I can't think of anything for your next "outing" but I'm sure you'll think of something!
@@annickdedman3417 ideas are bubbling, thanks for watching these ❤️
Ditto, Mark I’ve really enjoyed your journey, especially love your humour and look forward to watching next escapade. Am planning on doing Seville back up to Roscoff next year so this has been a joy to watch and learn from. Thank you.
@@richs1754 thanks so much.... You'll have fun in the Extremadura region, I wish id taken an umbrella hat for shade!! Enjoy, see you on the next one 🚴🏼♂️🏕️🤟🏼
Congratulations Mark
@@VistasdelMar2008 thanks for watching and scrutinising my Spanish, much appreciated 👍🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
@RoadyPacking-CyclingAdventures thank you for the fantastic reports on the journey! Look forward to seeing more! Jamie
@@VistasdelMar2008 in the meantime check out my other tours on my channel if you like..... Where to next!!!
Excellent, truly an epic trip. Many things I’ve enjoyed about your video, great that it was all done in real time with no ‘staged’ parts, just you, your bike and camera. I managed to do something similar a few years ago. Santander to Murcia on my bike being the idea, N roads, our B class and some dubious tarmac routes. Managed to get tp Valladolid on my first trip when my legs literally stopped moving! I tried again a year later but that time I took a train from Santander to Palencia to the North of Valladolid which was 4hrs round about route through the Cantabrian mountains. Managed to get to Avila this time on my bike when I got food poisoning curtesy of a hotel breakfast which laid me low for a few days so that put paid to that trip! Would I do it again, yes, but unfortunately circumstances have changed and I m unable to. Your trip reminded me so much of my trek, the cruel high mountains, the whooping on the downhill bits, some of the rough roads, shouting at the wind which seemed to be relentless, the hospitality of the Spanish people especially when you tried to speak Spanish. After one hill the next one seemed longer and steeper & the downhill bits never seemed often enough. Accommodation was generally very good both hostal & hotel, except for one hostal in Peneranda de Brocamonte which was more like a glorified brothel.
Well done Mark on quite an accomplishment of actually reaching Malaga kudos to you!
@@calleiza12 cheers for watching 🤟🏼 good luck with it all. At least Valladolid is a nice place to seize up 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Hi Mark , really enjoyed every video , well done , how do you pack your bike for transporting ? whats the trick how to do this when your coming back from different locations ? no bike bag etc ?
@@flyingpigmx4083 thanks so much 🤟🏼 check out the end of the vid... I show my hacked together bike box, made from multiple boxes from the Makro next to the hotel.... It was interesting at the airport trying to get it wrapped!!!
Riding through unknown unpaved roads in the proximity of a big town can be stupidly dangerous: you may unwittingly ride into lawless shanty towns where not even the local police dares to enter. If you are lucky, they will rob you and let you go back to safety. Always speak with the locals as you approach a town. Rural areas are safe.
@@Frostbiker I wondered why I didn't see any police on the trails.... I think the robbers stayed well clear of me, I was very ripe haha. I feel blessed to have made it out alive, haha 😂
Thanks for watching and happy pedalling 🤟🏼🚴🏼♂️🏕️
Glad that you didn't have any issues. If you are ever curious, you can search for places like "3.000 Viviendas" in Seville, or el "Poblado de las Sabinas" in Madrid. These shanty towns have thankfully been disappearing over the past twenty years, but a few still remain.