Eurovelo 1 - dos tres vamos!
The old train line from Plasencia to Salamanca is being turned into a via verde!
Around Bejar it looks like you might already be able to cycle on it, ignoring one or two barriers...
On the left just outside Bejar in spring 2014.... on the right the same crossing in spring 2018
Around Hervas it will still take another while before any cyclists gets to enjoy the ride...
http://www.hoy.es/extremadura/primer-tramo-verde-20180115000420-ntvo.html
The first 20km just south of Salamanca are ready! http://www.viasverdes.com/itinerarios/itinerario.asp?id=141
In the space of a few days we see ice, giant bees, swim in a river, plant potatoes ...
... and go to the Encuentro en Defensa de la Escuela Rural in San Miguel de Valero!
For a little moment in time we enter the world of home schooling, alternative schools, the struggle of schools in rural Spain...everybody seems to be revolving around the Escuela Wayra http://escuelalibrewayra.es/
At the Encuentro we also meet the Grupo Mayalde who inspire us to bash our pots and pans and bang the table with our hands whenever we sit down at one... Grupo Mayalde http://www.mayalde.com/
We do a little kamishibai workshop wih the 13 children in the school of San Esteban de la Sierra and then cycle of into a sand storm....
.... to meet the fun people of Valladolid once more.
La Asociacion la Curva put us in the program of events they were organising for 30 Dias en Bici and we play to the sound of the cathedral bells at the Lateral de la Catedral in the centre of Valladolid. Our poor audience have to sit on cardboard boxes, cuddling in the little spot of sun to keep warm.... luckily they are in good spirits after the Bici Tapeo (spanish for pub crawl on bicycles) that same morning https://asociacionlacurva.wordpress.com/
P.S: Should you ever find yourself cycling around in circles in the town of Tordesillas trying to get out, go look for the river. Apparently there is a greenway along the river Douro... sure that's nicer than taking the autovia until the next exit.... Acipa Carrero!
Eurovelo 1 - dos tres vamos!
From La Overuela, just outside Valladolid we follow the Eurovelo 1 for a bit along the Canal de Castilla http://canaldecastilla.org/ it's very pretty in bits, very bumpy in others (more bumpy approaching Palenicia).
Palencia surprises us as a little funky town! We arrive with a weekend in hand and get promptly programmed in to do a show at the beautiful little waldorf school El Jardin de las Candelas. We meet some fellow cyclists from the local biketivists Asociacion Pata de Cabra
Saturday morning, market day, local, organic produce an ambling band and an encouter with
Hasta aqui hemos llegado grupo de decrecimiento en Palencia.
It's small but it's good!
After Palencia we abandon the Eurovelo 1 to enjoy the small routes of rural Spain without getting lost or tangled up in motorways!
The last moments looking down onto Spain, before entering the Basque Country
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