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Garry McGivern (Travelsonabike2) bicycle touring Portugal his trusty bike, Passepartout

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Bicycle Touring Photos: August 2025 | Travelsonabike2

Bicycle Touring Photos August 2025 Castle surrounded buy trees and fields

August 2025 Cycle Touring Photos

Photos from my bicycle touring exploits around the world, which I’ve added to the website over the past month (August 2025). Photographs that I’ve taken while travelling around on my bike that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from rides in France, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Portugal, Ireland and my ride around Kent and Sussex in June.

Photos in this month’s Flickr album have all been taken while cycling around my local area, on day rides. In addition to photographs from Felpham and Bognor Regis, there are also photos from Portsmouth, Arundel, Littlehampton, and Chichester.

You can also find photos on my social media channels: Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and Pinterest, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already use social media, why not follow me as I travel around on my bike?

Bicycle Touring Photos August 2025

(Pictures added to the website this month)

Strange statue in the middle of nowhere
Mountains in County Kerry Ireland
Road? What road
Wild horses in Kazakhstan
Not a lot to see today aprt from these rubber trees
They certainly look after thier cemetery’s here
Andras checking his lights before we cycle through a tunnel
Somewhere in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia
Taking a break along the Seine
Our restaurant in Rouen
Garry at Hatchet Pond in the New Forest
Early morning along the River Arun
Cliffs in Hastings
The Great Stour, Canterbury
Passepartout by the lavender field in Sidcup
A photo taken ealier in the month when I was allowed to cycle
Sunrise in Felpham
Arundel Castle

August 2025 Flickr Photo Album

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August 2025 Bicycle Touring Photos

If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always support me by buying me a beer. And of course you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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Bicycle Touring Iberia: Portugal, Porto To Campos | Travelsonabike2

Cycling Iberia, Portugal: Porto to Campos

My latest bicycle touring update: cycling in Iberia, Portugal. Porto to Campos. 72 miles. Another hard day with a strong headwind! This morning was fine, and I was making good progress. I found my way out of Porto without any problem at all. But then I shouldn’t really have any issues. I use the GPS and route finder on my phone these days. It’s so much easier and saves going miles in the wrong direction! It does take a bit of the fun and unknown aspect away, but it’s certainly a lot easier and less stressful!

A Tough Day

As I said, I’ve had a strong headwind today. And I had wanted to get as far as Vigo in Spain and stop there for the night. It was pretty slow and hard going with the wind, but I got to Caminha, where there’s a ferry that crosses the Rio Mino to Spain. When I turned up, I saw the ferry was in port, but there weren’t any vehicles waiting. So I assumed I had a little while before it left and went into town to get some water and food. After I’d got my supplies, I went back to the ferry. Still, there wasn’t any other vehicles. It was deserted; it was like a ghost town. I had a good look around but couldn’t find anybody or any signs saying anything. So I Googled it and found out that it doesn’t run anymore, but may do soon! Fat lot of good that is to me! “Bar do” ferry, more like “Bar doh”! Ferry!

I had no choice but to follow the Rio Mino up stream to a bridge that crossed it about 8 miles away then it would have meant another 8 miles back the other way to get me to the same point on the other side of the Rio, so I’ve changed my route which might work out for the better or it might not we’ll see tomorrow! After finding that the ferry no longer ran, I was a little deflated! So I didn’t go much further till I stopped.

Tour Information

It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:

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If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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Bicycle Touring Iberia: Portugal, Setubal To Lisbon, Then Train To Porto | Travelsonabike2

Cycling Iberia, Portugal: Setubal to Lisbon & Train to Porto

My latest bicycle touring update: cycling in Iberia, Portugal. Cycling Setubal to Lisbon. 39 miles. Then, Lisbon to Porto by train. I bloody knew I took the long route yesterday! After looking at my website last night to see which way I went the last time I was here, it was more along the coast and away from that big hill! But hey ho!

I took the ferry from Cacilhas to Lisbon this morning, which I also took the last time I was here. And the good thing was that it hadn’t really gone up very much at all since the last time. It was 75 cents then, and it’s only €1.70 now, and that was 7 years ago! I also realised last night, after looking at my last trip here, that if I was to stand any chance of getting to Santander on the 1st June, I’d have to get on a train. And the easiest place to do it would be Lisbon. I know the further up I get, the more awkward it becomes! So I had a few hours of hanging about in Lisbon before my train to Porto left at 15.39.

Bit of a problem getting the bike on the train (I left it all loaded up). The gap between the platform and the train was so far and high. I just couldn’t get my bike on the train. But luckily, because I was holding everybody else up, there was plenty of people to help! Once on the train, I had to take all the panniers off anyway, as the bike had to hang up on a rack!

Garry McGivern bicycle touring Iberia cycling past some Terracotta soldiers
Terracotta soldiers at a wine museum near Setubal

It does stress me out a bit using other forms of transport when I have the bike, but only for a short while! The train journey itself was fine, and they even had free wifi! (We really are a bit behind in some ways in England!) I arrived in Porto at about 6.45 pm. I then had the problem of finding somewhere to stay whilst trying to cycle on these stupid cobbled streets!

Tour Information

It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:

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Subscribe to my blog and follow me as I continue to travel around on my bike. Plus, as a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always buy me a beer. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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Cycling Iberia, Portugal: Odeceixe to Setubal

My latest bicycle touring update: cycling in Iberia, Portugal. Odeceixe to Setubal. 94 miles. Another long day today, but then I need to really as my ferry back to England from Santander leaves on the 1st June, and it’s a bit tight to cycle all that way in the time that I have. I might have to get a train at some point; we’ll see how it goes.

Not too sure if I took the quickest or easiest route today, as I ended up going over some big hill and ended up a bit further inland than I intended. I’m sure that’s not the route that I cycled before when I was here. But then who knows, it doesn’t matter now I’m here. There’s been a strong wind blowing all day, and I don’t mean in my pants! Sometimes it’s been blowing across me, then against me, then behind me. It’s been a pain in the arse, really!

The last 10 miles or so along the Troia peninsula to Troia seemed to take forever. There was, however, one or two other touring cyclists going the other way, and talking to them broke up the ride a bit. One was a Brazilian girl who was cycling around the coast to Italy. It did cross my mind to ask her if she had a haircut in her country’s namesake, but I thought twice on that one and just wished her well on her tour!

Tour Information

It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:

Follow My Bicycle Touring Adventures

Subscribe to my blog and follow me as I continue to travel around on my bike. Plus, as a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always buy me a beer. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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