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Tonbridge – Le Puy-en-Velay Twinning Tour 2019

The 2019 Tour is to be a double celebration with an added twist.

The route is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tonbridge-Le Puy en Velay twinning and is also eleven years since the team from Hadlow cycled for the first time from Tonbridge to Le Puy. Some of the route is similar, but this time we have chosen to enter Le Puy over the mountains rather than follow the Loire all the way in .

Arrival at Le Puy after 8 days on the bike will be followed by two rest days whilst we watch a team of Tonbridge runners take part in the Grand Trail de St Jacques running race in the town before celebrations in the town hall on the Sunday.

Having got to Le Puy we are then going to cycle on for another 4 days via hopefully a summit of Mount Ventoux all the way to the Mediterranean Sea at Saintes Maries de la Mer.

Date	Start	End	Distance	Elevation
Fri 31 May	Tonbridge	Dieppe	46 miles	2615 ft
Sat 1 June	Dieppe	Vernon	86 miles	2215 ft
Sun 2 June	Vernon	Dourdan	75 miles	1634 ft
Mon 3 June	Dourdan	Sully sur Loire	74 miles	1430 ft
Tues 4 June	Sully sur Loire	Nevers	90 miles	932 ft
Wed 5 June	Nevers	Vichy	85 miles	1890 ft
Thur 6 June	Vichy	Issoire (via Puy de Dome)	82 miles	4846 ft
Fri 7 June	Issoire	Le Puy-en-Velay	73 miles	5125 ft
Sat 8 June	Rest Day	Watch Trail Race	0 miles
Sun 9 June	Rest Day	Town Hall Reception	0 miles
Mon 10 June	Le Puy	Aubenas	74 miles	6204 ft
Tues 11 June	Aubenas	Vaison-la-Romaine	80 miles	3950 ft
Wed 12 June	Vaison	L’Isle sur-la-Sorgue ( via Mt Ventoux)	74 miles	6841 ft
Thu 13 June	L’Isle sur-la- Sorgue	Saintes Maries de la Mer	76 miles (Total 915 mls)	1063 ft 38745 ft

Iberia Top to Toe 2017

The route for the Iberian Challenge aims to take us from the most northerly peninsula in Spain at Punta de la Estacia de Bares in the Galician region of Spain via the back roads and over the high mountains of Portugal to Portalegre, the historic city of Evora and finally to the southwest corner of Europe at Cape St Vincent after what promises to be 9 very hard days of cycling over some very bumpy terrain.

Date	Start	End	Mileage	Transport	Overnight
Friday 5 May	Tonbridge	Portsmouth		Motorhome	On Board
Sat 6 May	Portsmouth (GB)	Santander (S)		Ship
	Santander (S)	Foz (S)		Motorhome	Camp Site
Sun 7 May	Foz (S)	Punta de Bares (S)		Motorhome
	Punta de Bares (S)	Monterroso (S)	86 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Mon 8 May	Monterroso (S)	Allariz (S)	72 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Tues 9 May	Allariz (S)	Qunita Valbom (P)	83 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Wed 10 May	Qunita Valbom (P)	Vila Nova da Paiva (P)	76 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Thur 11 May	Vial Nova de Paiva (P)	Covilha (P)	82 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Fri 12 May	Covilha (P)	Castelo de Vide (P)	94 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Sat 13 May	Castelo de Vide (P)	Evora (P)	88 Miles	Bike	Camp Site
Sun 14 May	Evora (P)	Sao Martinho das Amoreiras (P)	88 miles	Bike	Wild Camp
Mon 15 May	Sao Martinho das Amoreiras (P)	Cabo de Sao Vicente (P)	85 miles 754 miles	Bike	Camp Site
Tues 16 May	Lagos/Faro (P)	Gatwick (GB)		Plane	Home

Europe End to End 2015

The route is simple, the most northerly part of the European mainland (not quite as Nordkapp is an island and there is one spot more northerly but that is down to a 17 century British navigator!) to the most southerly which surprisingly is the tip of Spain near Gibraltar.

As the intention is to try and enjoy the trip it is not quite the quickest as a detour to see Father Christmas in Finland is planned. In addition I hope to cycle the lowest and highest roads in Europe that are in Denmark and Spain as well as a visit to the Alhambra in Granada.

With luck I will be carrying a beacon with which I will update progress a couple of times a day so that you can see where I have got to.

Date	Start	End	Mileage		Overnight
14 August	Kent	Holland	200	M’home
15 sat	Holland	Sweden	700
16 sun	Sweden	Sweden	700
17	Sweden	Nordkapp	600 (2200)		Nordkapp Camping9751 Honningsvåg
18	Nordkapp	Skaidi	93	Bike	Parking OnlyStatoil Skaidi Skaidiplassen 9626 Skaidi
19	Skaidi		111		Wild camp
20		Enontekio	70		Parking only
21	Enontekio	Kittila	85		Kittilä Holiday  Sodankyläntie 65
22 sat	Kittila	Rovaniemi	93 (452)		Ounaskoski CampingJäämerentie 1 FIN-96200 Rovaniemi
23 sun			Rest day		Phone: +358-(0)16-345304
24	Rovaniemi	Overkalix	102	Bike	Bränna CampingBulandsgatan 6 956 31 Överkalix
25	Overkalix	Alvsbyn	94		Selholmens CampingCampinggatan 1, 942 34 Älvsbyn
26	Alvsbyn	Lyksele	130		Ansia Camping ABSommarvägen 1 921 41 Lycksele
27	Lyksele	Ramsele	117		Ramsele CampingSollefteå V Sweden
28	Ramsele	Sundsvall	101 (554)		Fläsians Camping & Stugor ABNorrstigen 15 854 68 Sundsvall
29 sat			Rest day
30 sun	Sundsvall	Bollnas	112	Bike	Vevlingestrand CampingVevlinge 3680 821 50 Bollnäs
31	Bollnas	Borlange	97		Mellsta CampingMellstavägen 3 784 68 Borlänge
1 Sept	Borlange	Degerfors	118		Letälven Fritid & Fastighet ABDegernäs 106 69335 Degerfors Tel: 0586-44999
2	Degerfors	Falkoping	103		Mössebergs Camping & Stugby ABScheelegatan 521 30 Falköping
3	Fallkoping	Torup	98		ParkingStation Car park OR Torups Vandrarhem Gamla Nissastigen 22, 31441 Torup, Sweden
4	Torup	Helsingborg	73	Bike
4	Helsingborg	Copenhagen	22 (613)	Ferry	Charlottenlund Fort CampingStrandvejen 144 2920 Charlottenlund
5 sat			Rest day
6 sun			Rest day
7	Copenhagen	Rodby	94	Bike	Rødby Lystskov CampingStrandvej 3 4970 Rødby 4970 Rødby
8	Rodby	Gluckstadt	104	Ferry & bike	Parking OnlyNordermole/Außenhafen Am Hafen 25348 Glückstadt
9	Gluckstadt	Freisoythe	96		T. Göken CampingplatzgaststätteThülsfelder Straße 1 26169 Friesoythe
10	Freisoythe	Doesburg	107		IjsselstrandEekstraat 18 6984 AG Doesburg
11	Doesburg	Hasselt	98		MolenwaardVan Nahuysweg 151 Hasselt
12 sat	Hasselt	Cerfontaine	98		Camping Les Roches – Syndicat d’Initiative de CerfontaineRue des Roches 29, 5630 Cerfontaine,
13 sun	Cerfontaine	Epernay	102 (678)		Camping Municipal d’EpernayAllée de Cumières 51200 Épernay
14			Rest day
15	Epernay	Douchy Ch. Renard	100		Camping des Platanes41 Route de la Mothe 89120 Charny
16	Douchy Ch. Renard	Issodun	93		Camping Municipal37 Route de Reuilly 36100 Issoudun
17	Issodun	Cognac la Foret (Limoges)	106		Camping des Alouettes1 Les Alouettes 87310 Cognac-la-Forêt
18	Cognac la Foret	Tombeboeuf	107		Chez Dennis
19 sat	Tombeboeuf	Pau	114 (517)		Camping La Porte des GavesChemin de la Saligue 64110 Gelos
20 sun			Rest day
21	Pau	Camping Tiermas	83		CARE may be closedCamping Villa de Tiermas Carretera nacional 240 km 339, Sigües 50682
22	Camping Tiermas	Zaragoza	93 (188)		Camping Ciudad De ZaragozaCalle San Juan Bautista de la Salle, s/n 50012 Saragoza
23			Rest day
24	Zaragoza	Alfambra	109		Parking onlyParking Cuartel Guardia Civil Plaza Guardia Civil 44002 Teruel
25	Alfambra	Iniesta	97		Camping Kikopark RuralCtra. Embalse de Contreras, Km 3 46317 Villargordo del Cabriel, Valencia
26 sat	Iniesta	Munera	85		Parking only
27 sun	Munera	Cazorla Cotorios	85		Camping La choperactra. El tranco A-319 km53 23478 Coto Rios (jaen) Jaén
28	Cazorla	Granada	107		Camping GranadaCerro de la Cruz, s/n 18210 Peligros Granada
29	Granada	Pico de Veleta	55 (518)
30			Rest day		Camping GranadaCerro de la Cruz, s/n 18210 Peligros Granada
1 Oct	Granada	Ronda	110		Camping El SurCarretera Ronda-Algeciras, Km 1.5 29400 Ronda Málaga
2	Ronda	Tarifa	80  (187)	Bike 3632
3 sat	Tarifa	Santander	635	M’home
4 sun	Santander	Kent	900	Ship & motorhome