We started our last day early at 8.15am. There was a dense fog. You could only see up to 15-30 meters. We were hoping that as we rode up the mountain the fog would thin. No luck.
We had a long climb ahead mostly on a small road, and then the last 3km on a walking path. The weather didn’t improve as we climbed. When we reached the walking path it started getting REALLY cold. We took out our rain gear which was one of the few things in our packs that we hadn’t used yet.
We reached the top around 11am after climbing 900+ meters. We started to take a small road down to Roncesvalles which was fairly inclined. We had to go slowly since Francesc didn’t have any front breaks and the visibility was really bad!
As we start the final part of the descent to Roncesvalles, it started raininig. Like someone turned on a faucet!
When we finally get to Roncesvalles we are soaked thru and tired. We still have about 50km to go to get to Pamplona following the main road. We quickly decide that Roncesvalles is the final destination of this trip. We ask in the information office what options we have to get down to Pamplona without riding. Turns out we just missed the bus by about 5 min. We are lucky that there are several large taxis that can take us and our bikes down to Pamplona in 30 minutes vs the 3 hours that it would normally take!
We got to Pamplona at 14h. Checked into the hotel and had a shower to warm up, got some lunch then picked up the rental car. We decided not to spend the night in Pamplona and we were home in Barcelona by 10pm that night. Home sweet home!
And so ends the crazy biker adventure!
