Ferry to France booked for this weekend - and a week off work - super !! The idea is to go down to Spain to buy an El Gordo lottery ticket, for our office Christmas Lottery Syndicate. We figured we could get one online - each full ticket costs €200 - but there are concerns over scams and who really knows if you would get the cash if you actually won the thing. So I will ride down on the bike - a nice end of season trip before winter - and buy a full ticket in a lottery shop somewhere in Spain. Bike is ready to go. Just figure out whether to go over the Somport crossing - near Jaca - or down the coast to St Jean-de-Luz , Hendaye route.
In November, personally I'd stay as low as possible and down the coast to St Jean-de-Luz , Hendaye route -warmer with much less chance of ice. Somport Pass is 1650m?
We were around Jaca in early September and it was noticeably cooler than the same time last year. Coastal route would be my choice. Andy
Depends on where do you want your lottery ticket. If you want to buy it, as many superstitious/credulous Spaniards, in Sort (Catalan for "luck") in the Eastern Pyrenees, you should take the inland route...
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. And @Andrew46 - 60 miles to Bakewell to buy a pudding is an extravagance but all right for a - Tart Anyway It might be a chance to stay in the San Sabastian area, couple of days around there. Don't really know that area, so might have a look around there. Also probably the easiest route - and nice in its own right, the big beaches and coastline of France's Atlantic coast. Agreed, maybe a bit late in the year for the Somport crossing. All kinds of bad weather can happen in the mountains. It could end up being a dead end if roads are blocked. When we win the lottery this will be first thing on the shopping list
