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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452   
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I'm currently planning a trip for next year across the pyrenees from the med to the Atlantic side. I've never been before but now it's only 6 months away I'm getting really excited at the prospect. Im going with one other car so it is hoped that we should be able to cover the ground reasonably quickly.
Main reason for the post is to pick the brains of those who have been before. Our trip will be over a week. Driving down to Spain from the uk and then beginning the mountain trails on the Sunday. I'm aware that we will not be able to complete the complete traverse in the time that we have as we have to be on the ferry from Santander on Saturday night to arrive back in the uk Sunday night. Im looking for any must do's whilst there and particular routes that you think unmissable or equally routes that you have tried that are to be avoided. This information will be of huge help as we will be plotting our route over the next few weeks. Our route will roughly follow this one http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=4489504 But we are looking to personalise it a bit. So any suggestions you have about the route are very much appreciated 👍 Thanks in advance. Last edited by amondeggs on 2nd Jan 2016 3:41pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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30th Nov 2013 10:11pm |
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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452
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The route I have at present is one I have seen on wikiloc and is only the initial idea,
I will have a look at the places that you have mentioned, thank you 👍 Have you mentioned them for the scenery or the fact that the roads are good routes? Many thanks again 👍 |
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7th Dec 2013 4:10pm |
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| kevb Member Since: 03 Apr 2012 Location: AllPackedUp Posts: 34 |
The routes I mentioned wont be too demanding unless like this year lots of washouts due to flash floods but the scenery is great & probably more mountainous than your proposed route, depends what you are looking for. Have a look at Vibraction road books too, very easy to follow with GPS references & tulip style diagrams, gives your co-driver something to do as well
Google maps are a great tool as all the main tracks are visible, once you are on the ground a lot of routes are signposted as suitable/legal for 4x4s. More of our photos & info here if you are interested http://www.allpackedup.com/spanish-pyrenees/  Click image to enlarge Montgarri Click image to enlarge Tor Click image to enlarge Last edited by kevb on 14th Dec 2013 1:33pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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8th Dec 2013 3:39am |
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| uncas Member Since: 22 Nov 2012 Location: Wentworth near Rotherham Posts: 340
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We had planned a trip through the Pyrenees two years ago but I got made redundant and approaching the age of 59
I didn't know how long it would take to find another job so we shelved the idea its still on cards to do hopefully in 2015. Good luck with the trip. We had loosely based our route on an article in the LRO magazine but planned on going to Barcelona for the Landyrally. which looks as though it could be a good event. Keep us posted with your plans. Uncas |
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8th Dec 2013 9:42am |
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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452
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Thanks Kev for the info, very interesting reading your blog, thanks,
I have road books numbers 2, 4 , and 18 that i intend to study and translate as much as possible. The route I posted was basically because we wanted to cross as much of the pyrenees from the med side to the atlantic side as possible. We only have a week to travel from the uk, leaving on the Fri night arriving back in the uk on by ferry from Santander on Sun night at 8.30pm. I now have a wikiloc route for the smuggers and have it plotted now need to see if timewise it all works? cheers again |
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8th Dec 2013 12:28pm |
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| grzesiul Member Since: 06 Jul 2011 Location: Slough Posts: 16
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I can provide some good track points in gpx format I found on wikiloc as well for around 14 or more days coast to coast trip should you be able to send me your email.
also planing to do it next year but chatting to some folk to get a few days out of the trip in more demanding conditions with some proper technical off-road G |
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15th Dec 2013 1:47pm |
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| strang Member Since: 16 May 2012 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 1380 
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Some mates of mine went to the Pyrenees this year in series ones, and bought their road books from here - http://vibraction.pagesperso-orange.fr/espagne/rb_1.htm . They reckoned that they were pretty easy to understand. There is a link to a their trip on the website. Euro-Leafing to infinity and beyond.....
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15th Dec 2013 8:47pm |
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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452
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Well just a couple of days to go now until I set off for the pyrenees. There are many options that we have round the route but will be travelling from the med to the Atlantic over a period of 6 days.
Have done a lot of preventative maintenance to the car to try to ensure I have no problems. This included new turbo and new crank pulley. Car almost loaded Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Just one other car in the party and it's this Click image to enlarge Should be fun Will post some updates as we travel and video upon return 
Any tips gratefully received |
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20th May 2014 10:28pm |
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| trooper Member Since: 11 Mar 2014 Location: west sussex Posts: 102 
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It's a nice trip to do, it took us the best part of two weeks and I thought that was a bit of a rush. The weather can play a big part, it can be very misty & wet at times which slows things down and generates the need for increased off road driving skills.
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21st May 2014 7:43am |
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| uncas Member Since: 22 Nov 2012 Location: Wentworth near Rotherham Posts: 340
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Have a good in. It's on my list for next year.
Uncas |
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21st May 2014 9:17am |
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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452
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Well made it back from adventures in Pyrenees
we completed the route as explained but it did involve some longs days driving. mixture of camping on campsites and wild camps, which were great fun especially camping at over 5000 feet where we woke up to ice covered tents 
around 2400 miles covered as we returned on the Santander ferry which was an excellent end to our trip. here are a couple of photos, I will add more when I get chance to go through them all
The impressive Milau Bridge Click image to enlarge Campsite 2 overlooking the Med Click image to enlarge leaving the Med behind Click image to enlarge fantastic views Click image to enlarge interesting bridges Click image to enlarge don't look down moments Click image to enlarge playing in the snow we found Click image to enlarge up above the clouds Click image to enlarge weird desert like places Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge spotting vultures Click image to enlarge great rock formations Click image to enlarge strange mud type rock Click image to enlarge and finally the Atlantic sea at Santander Click image to enlarge will pass on the link to the video when I get around to editing it all
hope you like the photos |
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3rd Jun 2014 3:10pm |
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| trooper Member Since: 11 Mar 2014 Location: west sussex Posts: 102
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Great I remember it well, ice on the tent as well.
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3rd Jun 2014 4:27pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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FANTASTIC photos.
Not too keen on that "narrow" cliff road though,...what would happen if something came the other way? Thanks, Pickles. |
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3rd Jun 2014 10:16pm |
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| amondeggs Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Telford Posts: 452
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Cheers Pickles
I guess that lots of reversing would have been done 
I could not get over how quiet it was we drove all day some days and did not see another car or person It was another world |
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3rd Jun 2014 10:33pm |
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