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It's time for another update.
I've been through quite some intense weeks...
Zuri looked super ill in July and August. My sister even thought she was dying multiple times.
She stopped eating by herself and I had to feed her with a syringe. It was painful for me and Zuri, and most often I only managed to get 500gr of food into her per day.
She got a lot of painkillers too, which made her sleepy all day.
At one point she started to refuse the pills and surprisingly it went up after that. She was more awake and it felt like she started to participate in life again. At one point she had an open wound in her foot and we needed to go to the vet. The vet in the clinic said that it is time to put a dog to sleep if he/she doesn't want to eat by herself anymore.
And I am not lying this was the day when Zuri started eating by herself again (after 3 weeks feeding her). This is 4 weeks ago now and she is eating like never before. At least 1200gr of food every day. She is eating everything now, cat food, dog food and also her most favourite human foods of course like butter, pizza, ice cream, potatoes and pasta. 2 weeks earlier she didn't even want to eat human sausages any more... crazy dog..
The tumour is constantly growing and she doesn't have much space left in her mouth.
One day I thought the time had come to let her go. I went to the vet and he gave me some cortison pills to extend her life a bit more and once more it worked and she started to become fitter again. It is now 4 weeks ago that the vet said she probably has only days left but she still seems to want to stay here. She is eating for 3, sleeping normally, wanting to be cuddled, following everyone and barking when stranger with dogs pass. I would say she seems to be stable and we probably still have some more weeks together but I also don't want to be to hopeful because I know how fast the coin can turn. I am very thankful for everyday we still have together. I honestly was sure she wouldn't make it through August...
The pictures are from a day tour we did together in July. It was super hot in my apartment and I was cycling with her all day to get some fresh air for her. The last picture is from today❤️🐶😊 ...

First of all I wanted to thank you! I got 40 invitations to stay in Germany and Austria for our last big adventure. I was already preparing everything when Zuri stopped eating food by herself. It took quite a while and trying out different things from drinking food, to baby food to smushing different wet foods and putting butter on it to find a solution that works. I have to use a 💉now to put a special wet mouse for dogs in her mouth directly. With all this I wasn't sure if she would still enjoy cycling and I decided to first try out some day trips and see how she feels about it. I was super happy that I got the new #croozerdog from @croozer because it has air suspension now for a smooth riding experience and this is exactly what Zuri needs right now! We did an 80km tour up the #feldberg, with 881m the highest mountain close by. And I was soooo incredibly happy to finally see her smile again. She loved the breeze and seeing the world passing by. It almost made me cry. She hadn't smiled for quite a while now. 😍🥲 We met 2 other cyclists who told us a beautiful way down through the forest and I saw again that it's always best to ask locals for the way instead of just using #Komoot routes. At the top of the mountain my water bottle was empty and I asked in a kiosk/little shop if they can fill it up with tap water. I had to pay 50 cents for it.🤨 It was the first time after over 11.000 km that I got charged for tap water and I cycled through quite some poor countries... I felt a bit ashamed of Germany that we are so tight so often... 😐 ...

Today I want to share an equipment tip with you I never want to miss again. Every cyclist or in that matter even every person who is out in the heat for hours enjoys some cold and fresh water. On my first cycling journey I just took standard bottles with me and oh was it hard to drink warm water when you long for something cold. You find these free ice cold springs everywhere, you drink and its just so refreshing. Then you start cycling again and the next time you drink it's just warm... 😬After the journey I searched for ways to keep drinks cold on the go and I found the @supersparrow_official bottles. I have used them on my journeys since and even in my day to day life at home and I can highly recommend them! The water stays cold all day (hot drinks even stay hot if you like it the other way around for cold days), they are super robust, no leakages, they can fall and have often🤭 and what is important for me they are even plastic free. I use the 620ml bottles because they fit in the bicycle bottle holders 🚲😃 check them out if you want some cold water on the go 😁💦
What kind of bottles do you use? ...

Today I tell you about my most favourite day of the #burleyexperience. We cycled through my most favourite landscape and it had just the right amount of adventure spirit😁:
We started the day with some filming on the main road. It is crazy that you can block the main road for good 20 min and it doesn't matter because there is not a single car coming anyways.. We cycled along the tajo river canyon after. It was just stunning! I loved the green, turquiose water. There we met another cyclist who told us we can skip 2 mountains if we use a bit of single trail. Yes, we thought😁🚲🐕, this sounds like an adventure we like and indeed it was😅. it was super rocky and super narrow and for quite some parts I needed help carrying the trailer so that it doesn't fall of the cliffs because the path was to small for it. I found this day also way more challenging than the ones before because I had to get quite some MTB skills because of the steep and rocky paths. But it was so worth it. I dived into a world, that I would have never seen on my own. Zuri loved it too. She was running all day not wanting to rest at all. 🐕🚲❤️
#rideyourway #burleyDesign #burleybiketrailer #ambassador #rideburley

📸 @sernomada_ ...

The time has come to tell you about our first week in Spain. 😁 The reason why we decided to go to Spain this year was the invitation from @burleydesign to be part of their #burleyexperience. For one week we went into Spanish Lappland together with Piter and Misha from @soulmountainadventures, Vero with her dog Nala from Italy @lifeintravel.it, Sergi from @losviajesdewalliver and Miquel and his dog Luca from @sernomada_ to explore the area. It was a true adventure. Everything was filmed professionally and you will be able to see an amazing adventure documentary coming out next week..
I hadn't heard of Spanish Lappland before and I guess you haven't either. It is an area in Spain twice the size of Belgium with a population density similar to Lapland or the Scottish Highlands, only 6,99 inhabitants/km². Some areas even only have under 1 inhabitants/km². And more and more people are leaving every year. It is super difficult for the remaining people there because the whole infrastructure goes missing as well. A doctor comes by once a week and you can only hope that you can wait for him or you have somebody to drive you to a further away city. On the other hand the good thing is that it leaves a lot of space for nature and I was amazed by the variety I saw and nothing that I expected from Spain before coming. I will tell you more about the trip and the area tomorrow. I took a lot of videos of this week too and you have the opportunity to get a real behind the scenes insight of how a great documentary is made 😁 ...

We are true pilgrim's now! 🥳🥳🥳 We made it to #santiagodecompostela. The last 20km were crazy. I saw more people than in the last 4 weeks all together. It felt like being on a pilgrim's highway... Hundreds of people... Before coming to the plaza with the cathedral I had to go down steps. Many steps. I took the bike and it seemed to work to just go down with the whole thing. But on the final step the bike twisted and fell on me. I was hanging there, hoping for help that somebody would grab the bike. One women came and grawled under me to get the mirror I lost. Which made it even harder because now I was trying to hold the bike even more and to not let the bike fall on her head. At one point I managed to get the bike back up. But I still have a mark on my back where I hold the bike with. Being at the cathedral felt great. This trip truly was a journey! With many obstacles. We took some detours and so our camino was around 700 km long and we did almost 1000 km all together in Spain. Of course dogs cannot get a pilgrim's certificate but I will make Zuri one when I get home 😁🐕 before leaving Santiago I tried once more to give Zuri some food. She hadn't eaten dinner nor breakfast. She finally ate something when an official man came to tell me that dogs are not allowed to eat there on the stones. Only in parks. Because they make the stones dirty and I need to stop her. It was super angry! She has so much trouble eating because there is not much time in the day when her pills work but so many Spanish people don't have a heart for dogs... 😡 I put the food away and sadly she didn't touch it again later that day and I had to through it away the next day...
So that was our story from the #caminodelnorte. I took some incredible videos and caught many nice situations on camera. So you can look forward to some really cool YouTube videos soon! Slowly we're heading back to Germany now. In a couple of days I have a surprise for you and the story of what we did the first week here in Spain. 😁👌❤️🚲🐶
@burleydesign @kalkhoffbikes #kalkhoff #kalkhoffbikes #burley #barkranger #burleyDesign #ambassador ...

Today was a rather peaceful day. I had such a surprise to wake up in the forest after the heavy thunderstorm in the night to glorious and beautiful sunshine! And the sun stayed with us most of the day🥳🚲🐶😍 we cycled through some beautiful nature, took some rest by a lake and ended up in a campsite just 20 km before Santiago. In #arzua 45 km before Santiago the Caminos come together and the whole vibe changed. From being very empty and rural it looked way more touristic. A restaurant every 2-3 km (before there was nothing for as much as 35 km sometimes). In 2 places people stood up and cheered at us when we were passing by. A strange but beautiful feeling. As if they knew what we've been through to come to this place.
The campsite experience was also a bid odd. When I came they told me they have no space left. I was surprised since it is still out of season. I asked if I could charge my battery and shower to then go and sleep at some meadow close by. And then they asked me if I have my own tent with me. I said "of course" and then they replied, that it wouldn't be a problem then. That they have plenty of spaces left for tents... But Zuri was still "a big problem" ... 🙄 Like always in Spain 😡 he said that I need to leave the place if she starts barking. I told him this wouldn't happen. She would just sleep (what she did). So everything was fine and I had a good rest before our final day of our #caminodelnorte tour🚲🐶😊
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What a surprise! I woke up at 7 a.m. It was super foggy and I started to put away my sleeping bag and mattress (I usually sleep without a tent) when @alexis_gyselinx came by and he immediately offered help to fix my flat back tyre. He is a world traveler going the Camino right now. Lucky me😍🚴🥳 I hadn't even brushed my teeth. After, we said good bye and he started walking. I took my time and went to the next town to drink a coffee and charge my battery. Soon Alexis came too and he took a rest too and we had some nice conversations until he headed off again (and I did see him a 3. Time on the road later that day 😍👌). Today most of the roads were quite easy and super beautiful but mostly going up though! But of course no day without an adventure 😅and around 9.30pm in the evening it was time.. And I came to part that was incredibly steep and rocky. I made it up the first rocks and steps. By now I was used to a very powerful @kalkhoffbikes and I thought "well I just let the bike push everything up this very steep (40% at least) and narrow path." Well it worked until the trailer got stock and I had to go back very carefully all the way down to the middle bit again. It was super slippery and I thought a couple of times that this is quite a dangerous manoeuvre I am trying right now. Back down I had to decouple the bike from the trailer, push the bike up the hill. Go down again. Empty the trailer (too heavy on its own) and push it all the way up too and get all my things after... Nothing you like to do when it's getting dark. 😬 The forest after was magical and I even saw a deer😍 I found a good place to sleep in the forest and thought to myself, maybe I should put up a tent so that Zuri is not wandering around in the night again as she did last time in Hungary, when I woke up at 2am and was scared hearing all these animal noises on my own. So when I was finished - out of nothing a super heavy thunderstorm appeared and it rained cats and dogs. Zuri was super scared and I was happy to be in a tent with her to give her a bit of a little save space. She sadly skipped dinner again but was able to sleep after a while. 🐶
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I wish I could tell you it was an amazing day but once more it was full of adventurous moments. First of all.. The sun came out. Finally! ☀🥳
We started cycling next to some beautiful beaches. To make my dinner more tasty I took the @bitterliebe powder with me. A wrong move from my side and the whole box emptied itself and Zuri and the whole Trailer was covered in it 😬 so zuri got a full on bitter treatment 😅😬 it took quite a while to get it roughly clean. It also went in some of my technical equipment 😬 until now everything works fine though 👌
In #ribadeo we had to use the foot/bicycle path of a long bridge. There was metal gates, so no possibility to go to the road. It was super narrow. We just fitted. At the very end the bridge to even smaller and the trailer got STUCK! No way of turning around! Luckily a girl on a bike was behind me. We had to detached the wheels of the trailer and she carried the heavy trailer while I was pushing the bike until the end of the bridge. Unbelievable and very lucky again! Alone I would have been stuck! Then I decided to leave the pilgrim's way to make a little detour to cathedral beach. We reached it during high tide. During low tide you can go to the beach and the rocks are looking like big cathedrals. But even in high tide it looked amazing. To get back to the Camino I followed a Komoot route. Of course it led me straight into a forest, a super rocky road with at leat 30 10 km going up. Happy to have my #kalkhoff all terrain bike. Otherwise the road would have been impossible. We made it into a little village where I charged my Batterie until it got almost dark. I just wanted to get out of it to find a place to sleep. Once more a very windy main road going up. Then I regognized I had a flat tyre. The 3. One this journey to be precise. No way of fixing it, because it was already dark. I had to stop around 6 times. Every 300m to inflate the back tyre again to make it up the hill always hoping that no car comes along. I was so tired. I just wanted to sleep and deal with the problem tomorrow. So I found a meadow next to the Camino and went to sleep 😴
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Another very adventurous day endet. At the start of the day we went to #playadesilencio. Another tip from a local. It was cloudly but still stunning. The whole day we went through gravel roads that are even hard to walk at. The highlight was crossing a train track. I had to detach the trailer because I was afraid of getting stuck in between the rails while a train was coming... 😬🚉🐶🚲
in the afternoon we finally reached a little town called #lluarca. I found one restaurant and was happy to finally get my morning coffee. But they said since this is a restaurant I need to eat something. Drinking alone is not enough. But they didn't have anything vegetarian on the menu. So at the end I had to order some raw lettuce, tomatoes and raw onions with some salt, oil and vinegar for 6 € to be able to get my coffee and to charge the battery. Not the most vegetarian friendly country 😬
At the end of the day I decided to go to a campsite. At first they wanted me to charge me 6 euros to be able to charge my bike battery. I negotiates them down to 3 € at least. The real costs are around 20 cents... But there I had a nice surprise. First a Spanish guy saw that I had problems getting my bike battery to charge. Without asking he went to the reception and got a new cable for me which worked perfectly. And two girls heared me speaking German to camera and they came straight to me and invited me to a nice wine evening. We had some great conversations and it was the perfect ending of a rather exhausting day... 🍷🚴
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It stayed dry but cloudy almost all day with temperatures around 20 degrees. We cycled further the #caminodelnorte and crossed some quite cute towns. What I find super here in Spain is that almost everywhere you can find these free water drinking fill up stations. The water is ice cold and with the right insulated bottle (mine is from #supersparrow) it will stay fresh and cold all day. 😍👌
Regarding Zuri I found out that it takes at least 2-3 hours until her pain medications work and she is willing to eat, so she is always brunching now. But I am happy for everything she eats. Its often quite hard to get enough calories into her 😔

The Camino del norde is super hilly and quite rocky. Don't try it without a MTB! So instead of 100km we only manage around 50 per day right now. In the evening I went into a restaurant to charge as always. I felt like being in Scotland all over again. It was cold, raining and Zuri and I had to stay outside again. No dogs allowed inside. 🐶🙄 After charging for 2 hours I realised that there was a herberge, that allowed dogs (most don't) in the same village for only 8 € the night. It was an abandoned building but it had everything I needed. A bed and a hot shower. 🚿😍 She room was equipped with 40 beds but luckily only 8 people where there. I am not sure how well you sleep if the room is fully booked... 😬 So that's clearly the advantage of traveling outside of the main season.😁👌 Zuri befriended everyone as always and it was super cute because the next morning she went to everyones bed and said good morning to every single one of them 😍🐶
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The weather turned and it got really windy and cold. There is a heat wave in Spain right now with 44 degrees but in the North it was rainy and 16 degrees. Not the most pleasant weather to cycle in. By now I had more rainy days in Spain than in Wales 😬😲
We cycled along the coast until we got to #gijon. There I found a vegan restaurant and had a very delicious Buddha bowl. It even allowed dogs inside 💪🐕I was also surprised about the cycling lanes they have in the city. Separated from pedestrians and cars and they are everywhere. Often roads are only one way and the other half got changed into a cycle lane. Super nice ride experience! We also visited the Sidra (cider) statue. THE drink of the region. So many people wanted pictures with us in the city that I almost felt like a C promy 😅😅 But... At the end of the day I regognized that my gopro was gone. I had it on the back of my trailer. From the footage I from Zuris cam it looks like it came of in the city. So I wonder if it broke of by itself or if it got broken off by somebody 😔
I turned away from the Camino to follow further along the coast. It heared that it is super beautiful. Well I didn't really find the super close to the beaches road and so I only cycled through suburban areas and industrial sites. It felt quite scary and rough at times. I went all the way to the northwest point of #asturias. A lighthouse. One of the view which is still handled by a human and not automated. There I got lucky and unlucky at the same time. I decided to sleep next to an abandoned or at least closed restaurant. There I found a working electricity plug and was able to charge my Batterie over the night. I only put out my sleeping bag, always thinking of the best. But well... The weather surprised us and we had a big thunderstorm for hours... I do have a bivi bag so I stayed dry but my mattress and undercover where soaked and Zuri was so scared of the many thunders that I had to put her into my sleeping bag and hold her into my arms. So it was quite a sleepless and wet night... But yeah, the view with the cliffs were amazing! 😍
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We're back on the #caminodelnorte. The day started out super nice. It was sunny and warm and we were cycling along the coast. At one point the day became super challenging. First the road became super narrow and with lots of rocks and spikey plants going up. Not possible to cycle. I had to push the whole way. At the end of the hill I came to an iron door. It was to small for my bike and trailer to pass through. So the only option I had, was to completly put the gate out of the soil, go through and put it back. I had to do this twice 😬 then another section came with rocky stairs going up. My trailer got stuck and my bike and bags fell down. Luckily exactly on this moment two dog walkers came by and helped me carry everything up the stairs. But my solar panel holding thing broke (I already have the second one this journey 😔) and also two more adapters for holding my cameras broke too and since all good things are 3.. My Action camera was slipping out of one holder during me going down another rocky road. I tried to push it back and as soon as I left one of the breaks my bike slipped and I fell down 😬 I got just a scratch. But it was clearly not my day. Zuris neither. She didn't even want to eat dinner.😔 I just put the bike next to the ocean on a path and hoped for a better day to come... 🌞
#burleydesign #ambassador @burleydesign ...

It's time for another update.
I've been through quite some intense weeks...
Zuri looked super ill in July and August. My sister even thought she was dying multiple times.
She stopped eating by herself and I had to feed her with a syringe. It was painful for me and Zuri, and most often I only managed to get 500gr of food into her per day.
She got a lot of painkillers too, which made her sleepy all day.
At one point she started to refuse the pills and surprisingly it went up after that. She was more awake and it felt like she started to participate in life again. At one point she had an open wound in her foot and we needed to go to the vet. The vet in the clinic said that it is time to put a dog to sleep if he/she doesn't want to eat by herself anymore.
And I am not lying this was the day when Zuri started eating by herself again (after 3 weeks feeding her). This is 4 weeks ago now and she is eating like never before. At least 1200gr of food every day. She is eating everything now, cat food, dog food and also her most favourite human foods of course like butter, pizza, ice cream, potatoes and pasta. 2 weeks earlier she didn't even want to eat human sausages any more... crazy dog..
The tumour is constantly growing and she doesn't have much space left in her mouth.
One day I thought the time had come to let her go. I went to the vet and he gave me some cortison pills to extend her life a bit more and once more it worked and she started to become fitter again. It is now 4 weeks ago that the vet said she probably has only days left but she still seems to want to stay here. She is eating for 3, sleeping normally, wanting to be cuddled, following everyone and barking when stranger with dogs pass. I would say she seems to be stable and we probably still have some more weeks together but I also don't want to be to hopeful because I know how fast the coin can turn. I am very thankful for everyday we still have together. I honestly was sure she wouldn't make it through August...
The pictures are from a day tour we did together in July. It was super hot in my apartment and I was cycling with her all day to get some fresh air for her. The last picture is from today❤️🐶😊 ...

First of all I wanted to thank you! I got 40 invitations to stay in Germany and Austria for our last big adventure. I was already preparing everything when Zuri stopped eating food by herself. It took quite a while and trying out different things from drinking food, to baby food to smushing different wet foods and putting butter on it to find a solution that works. I have to use a 💉now to put a special wet mouse for dogs in her mouth directly. With all this I wasn't sure if she would still enjoy cycling and I decided to first try out some day trips and see how she feels about it. I was super happy that I got the new #croozerdog from @croozer because it has air suspension now for a smooth riding experience and this is exactly what Zuri needs right now! We did an 80km tour up the #feldberg, with 881m the highest mountain close by. And I was soooo incredibly happy to finally see her smile again. She loved the breeze and seeing the world passing by. It almost made me cry. She hadn't smiled for quite a while now. 😍🥲 We met 2 other cyclists who told us a beautiful way down through the forest and I saw again that it's always best to ask locals for the way instead of just using #Komoot routes. At the top of the mountain my water bottle was empty and I asked in a kiosk/little shop if they can fill it up with tap water. I had to pay 50 cents for it.🤨 It was the first time after over 11.000 km that I got charged for tap water and I cycled through quite some poor countries... I felt a bit ashamed of Germany that we are so tight so often... 😐 ...

Today I want to share an equipment tip with you I never want to miss again. Every cyclist or in that matter even every person who is out in the heat for hours enjoys some cold and fresh water. On my first cycling journey I just took standard bottles with me and oh was it hard to drink warm water when you long for something cold. You find these free ice cold springs everywhere, you drink and its just so refreshing. Then you start cycling again and the next time you drink it's just warm... 😬After the journey I searched for ways to keep drinks cold on the go and I found the @supersparrow_official bottles. I have used them on my journeys since and even in my day to day life at home and I can highly recommend them! The water stays cold all day (hot drinks even stay hot if you like it the other way around for cold days), they are super robust, no leakages, they can fall and have often🤭 and what is important for me they are even plastic free. I use the 620ml bottles because they fit in the bicycle bottle holders 🚲😃 check them out if you want some cold water on the go 😁💦
What kind of bottles do you use? ...

Today I tell you about my most favourite day of the #burleyexperience. We cycled through my most favourite landscape and it had just the right amount of adventure spirit😁:
We started the day with some filming on the main road. It is crazy that you can block the main road for good 20 min and it doesn't matter because there is not a single car coming anyways.. We cycled along the tajo river canyon after. It was just stunning! I loved the green, turquiose water. There we met another cyclist who told us we can skip 2 mountains if we use a bit of single trail. Yes, we thought😁🚲🐕, this sounds like an adventure we like and indeed it was😅. it was super rocky and super narrow and for quite some parts I needed help carrying the trailer so that it doesn't fall of the cliffs because the path was to small for it. I found this day also way more challenging than the ones before because I had to get quite some MTB skills because of the steep and rocky paths. But it was so worth it. I dived into a world, that I would have never seen on my own. Zuri loved it too. She was running all day not wanting to rest at all. 🐕🚲❤️
#rideyourway #burleyDesign #burleybiketrailer #ambassador #rideburley

📸 @sernomada_ ...

The time has come to tell you about our first week in Spain. 😁 The reason why we decided to go to Spain this year was the invitation from @burleydesign to be part of their #burleyexperience. For one week we went into Spanish Lappland together with Piter and Misha from @soulmountainadventures, Vero with her dog Nala from Italy @lifeintravel.it, Sergi from @losviajesdewalliver and Miquel and his dog Luca from @sernomada_ to explore the area. It was a true adventure. Everything was filmed professionally and you will be able to see an amazing adventure documentary coming out next week..
I hadn't heard of Spanish Lappland before and I guess you haven't either. It is an area in Spain twice the size of Belgium with a population density similar to Lapland or the Scottish Highlands, only 6,99 inhabitants/km². Some areas even only have under 1 inhabitants/km². And more and more people are leaving every year. It is super difficult for the remaining people there because the whole infrastructure goes missing as well. A doctor comes by once a week and you can only hope that you can wait for him or you have somebody to drive you to a further away city. On the other hand the good thing is that it leaves a lot of space for nature and I was amazed by the variety I saw and nothing that I expected from Spain before coming. I will tell you more about the trip and the area tomorrow. I took a lot of videos of this week too and you have the opportunity to get a real behind the scenes insight of how a great documentary is made 😁 ...

We are true pilgrim's now! 🥳🥳🥳 We made it to #santiagodecompostela. The last 20km were crazy. I saw more people than in the last 4 weeks all together. It felt like being on a pilgrim's highway... Hundreds of people... Before coming to the plaza with the cathedral I had to go down steps. Many steps. I took the bike and it seemed to work to just go down with the whole thing. But on the final step the bike twisted and fell on me. I was hanging there, hoping for help that somebody would grab the bike. One women came and grawled under me to get the mirror I lost. Which made it even harder because now I was trying to hold the bike even more and to not let the bike fall on her head. At one point I managed to get the bike back up. But I still have a mark on my back where I hold the bike with. Being at the cathedral felt great. This trip truly was a journey! With many obstacles. We took some detours and so our camino was around 700 km long and we did almost 1000 km all together in Spain. Of course dogs cannot get a pilgrim's certificate but I will make Zuri one when I get home 😁🐕 before leaving Santiago I tried once more to give Zuri some food. She hadn't eaten dinner nor breakfast. She finally ate something when an official man came to tell me that dogs are not allowed to eat there on the stones. Only in parks. Because they make the stones dirty and I need to stop her. It was super angry! She has so much trouble eating because there is not much time in the day when her pills work but so many Spanish people don't have a heart for dogs... 😡 I put the food away and sadly she didn't touch it again later that day and I had to through it away the next day...
So that was our story from the #caminodelnorte. I took some incredible videos and caught many nice situations on camera. So you can look forward to some really cool YouTube videos soon! Slowly we're heading back to Germany now. In a couple of days I have a surprise for you and the story of what we did the first week here in Spain. 😁👌❤️🚲🐶
@burleydesign @kalkhoffbikes #kalkhoff #kalkhoffbikes #burley #barkranger #burleyDesign #ambassador ...

Today was a rather peaceful day. I had such a surprise to wake up in the forest after the heavy thunderstorm in the night to glorious and beautiful sunshine! And the sun stayed with us most of the day🥳🚲🐶😍 we cycled through some beautiful nature, took some rest by a lake and ended up in a campsite just 20 km before Santiago. In #arzua 45 km before Santiago the Caminos come together and the whole vibe changed. From being very empty and rural it looked way more touristic. A restaurant every 2-3 km (before there was nothing for as much as 35 km sometimes). In 2 places people stood up and cheered at us when we were passing by. A strange but beautiful feeling. As if they knew what we've been through to come to this place.
The campsite experience was also a bid odd. When I came they told me they have no space left. I was surprised since it is still out of season. I asked if I could charge my battery and shower to then go and sleep at some meadow close by. And then they asked me if I have my own tent with me. I said "of course" and then they replied, that it wouldn't be a problem then. That they have plenty of spaces left for tents... But Zuri was still "a big problem" ... 🙄 Like always in Spain 😡 he said that I need to leave the place if she starts barking. I told him this wouldn't happen. She would just sleep (what she did). So everything was fine and I had a good rest before our final day of our #caminodelnorte tour🚲🐶😊
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What a surprise! I woke up at 7 a.m. It was super foggy and I started to put away my sleeping bag and mattress (I usually sleep without a tent) when @alexis_gyselinx came by and he immediately offered help to fix my flat back tyre. He is a world traveler going the Camino right now. Lucky me😍🚴🥳 I hadn't even brushed my teeth. After, we said good bye and he started walking. I took my time and went to the next town to drink a coffee and charge my battery. Soon Alexis came too and he took a rest too and we had some nice conversations until he headed off again (and I did see him a 3. Time on the road later that day 😍👌). Today most of the roads were quite easy and super beautiful but mostly going up though! But of course no day without an adventure 😅and around 9.30pm in the evening it was time.. And I came to part that was incredibly steep and rocky. I made it up the first rocks and steps. By now I was used to a very powerful @kalkhoffbikes and I thought "well I just let the bike push everything up this very steep (40% at least) and narrow path." Well it worked until the trailer got stock and I had to go back very carefully all the way down to the middle bit again. It was super slippery and I thought a couple of times that this is quite a dangerous manoeuvre I am trying right now. Back down I had to decouple the bike from the trailer, push the bike up the hill. Go down again. Empty the trailer (too heavy on its own) and push it all the way up too and get all my things after... Nothing you like to do when it's getting dark. 😬 The forest after was magical and I even saw a deer😍 I found a good place to sleep in the forest and thought to myself, maybe I should put up a tent so that Zuri is not wandering around in the night again as she did last time in Hungary, when I woke up at 2am and was scared hearing all these animal noises on my own. So when I was finished - out of nothing a super heavy thunderstorm appeared and it rained cats and dogs. Zuri was super scared and I was happy to be in a tent with her to give her a bit of a little save space. She sadly skipped dinner again but was able to sleep after a while. 🐶
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I wish I could tell you it was an amazing day but once more it was full of adventurous moments. First of all.. The sun came out. Finally! ☀🥳
We started cycling next to some beautiful beaches. To make my dinner more tasty I took the @bitterliebe powder with me. A wrong move from my side and the whole box emptied itself and Zuri and the whole Trailer was covered in it 😬 so zuri got a full on bitter treatment 😅😬 it took quite a while to get it roughly clean. It also went in some of my technical equipment 😬 until now everything works fine though 👌
In #ribadeo we had to use the foot/bicycle path of a long bridge. There was metal gates, so no possibility to go to the road. It was super narrow. We just fitted. At the very end the bridge to even smaller and the trailer got STUCK! No way of turning around! Luckily a girl on a bike was behind me. We had to detached the wheels of the trailer and she carried the heavy trailer while I was pushing the bike until the end of the bridge. Unbelievable and very lucky again! Alone I would have been stuck! Then I decided to leave the pilgrim's way to make a little detour to cathedral beach. We reached it during high tide. During low tide you can go to the beach and the rocks are looking like big cathedrals. But even in high tide it looked amazing. To get back to the Camino I followed a Komoot route. Of course it led me straight into a forest, a super rocky road with at leat 30 10 km going up. Happy to have my #kalkhoff all terrain bike. Otherwise the road would have been impossible. We made it into a little village where I charged my Batterie until it got almost dark. I just wanted to get out of it to find a place to sleep. Once more a very windy main road going up. Then I regognized I had a flat tyre. The 3. One this journey to be precise. No way of fixing it, because it was already dark. I had to stop around 6 times. Every 300m to inflate the back tyre again to make it up the hill always hoping that no car comes along. I was so tired. I just wanted to sleep and deal with the problem tomorrow. So I found a meadow next to the Camino and went to sleep 😴
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Another very adventurous day endet. At the start of the day we went to #playadesilencio. Another tip from a local. It was cloudly but still stunning. The whole day we went through gravel roads that are even hard to walk at. The highlight was crossing a train track. I had to detach the trailer because I was afraid of getting stuck in between the rails while a train was coming... 😬🚉🐶🚲
in the afternoon we finally reached a little town called #lluarca. I found one restaurant and was happy to finally get my morning coffee. But they said since this is a restaurant I need to eat something. Drinking alone is not enough. But they didn't have anything vegetarian on the menu. So at the end I had to order some raw lettuce, tomatoes and raw onions with some salt, oil and vinegar for 6 € to be able to get my coffee and to charge the battery. Not the most vegetarian friendly country 😬
At the end of the day I decided to go to a campsite. At first they wanted me to charge me 6 euros to be able to charge my bike battery. I negotiates them down to 3 € at least. The real costs are around 20 cents... But there I had a nice surprise. First a Spanish guy saw that I had problems getting my bike battery to charge. Without asking he went to the reception and got a new cable for me which worked perfectly. And two girls heared me speaking German to camera and they came straight to me and invited me to a nice wine evening. We had some great conversations and it was the perfect ending of a rather exhausting day... 🍷🚴
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It stayed dry but cloudy almost all day with temperatures around 20 degrees. We cycled further the #caminodelnorte and crossed some quite cute towns. What I find super here in Spain is that almost everywhere you can find these free water drinking fill up stations. The water is ice cold and with the right insulated bottle (mine is from #supersparrow) it will stay fresh and cold all day. 😍👌
Regarding Zuri I found out that it takes at least 2-3 hours until her pain medications work and she is willing to eat, so she is always brunching now. But I am happy for everything she eats. Its often quite hard to get enough calories into her 😔

The Camino del norde is super hilly and quite rocky. Don't try it without a MTB! So instead of 100km we only manage around 50 per day right now. In the evening I went into a restaurant to charge as always. I felt like being in Scotland all over again. It was cold, raining and Zuri and I had to stay outside again. No dogs allowed inside. 🐶🙄 After charging for 2 hours I realised that there was a herberge, that allowed dogs (most don't) in the same village for only 8 € the night. It was an abandoned building but it had everything I needed. A bed and a hot shower. 🚿😍 She room was equipped with 40 beds but luckily only 8 people where there. I am not sure how well you sleep if the room is fully booked... 😬 So that's clearly the advantage of traveling outside of the main season.😁👌 Zuri befriended everyone as always and it was super cute because the next morning she went to everyones bed and said good morning to every single one of them 😍🐶
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The weather turned and it got really windy and cold. There is a heat wave in Spain right now with 44 degrees but in the North it was rainy and 16 degrees. Not the most pleasant weather to cycle in. By now I had more rainy days in Spain than in Wales 😬😲
We cycled along the coast until we got to #gijon. There I found a vegan restaurant and had a very delicious Buddha bowl. It even allowed dogs inside 💪🐕I was also surprised about the cycling lanes they have in the city. Separated from pedestrians and cars and they are everywhere. Often roads are only one way and the other half got changed into a cycle lane. Super nice ride experience! We also visited the Sidra (cider) statue. THE drink of the region. So many people wanted pictures with us in the city that I almost felt like a C promy 😅😅 But... At the end of the day I regognized that my gopro was gone. I had it on the back of my trailer. From the footage I from Zuris cam it looks like it came of in the city. So I wonder if it broke of by itself or if it got broken off by somebody 😔
I turned away from the Camino to follow further along the coast. It heared that it is super beautiful. Well I didn't really find the super close to the beaches road and so I only cycled through suburban areas and industrial sites. It felt quite scary and rough at times. I went all the way to the northwest point of #asturias. A lighthouse. One of the view which is still handled by a human and not automated. There I got lucky and unlucky at the same time. I decided to sleep next to an abandoned or at least closed restaurant. There I found a working electricity plug and was able to charge my Batterie over the night. I only put out my sleeping bag, always thinking of the best. But well... The weather surprised us and we had a big thunderstorm for hours... I do have a bivi bag so I stayed dry but my mattress and undercover where soaked and Zuri was so scared of the many thunders that I had to put her into my sleeping bag and hold her into my arms. So it was quite a sleepless and wet night... But yeah, the view with the cliffs were amazing! 😍
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We're back on the #caminodelnorte. The day started out super nice. It was sunny and warm and we were cycling along the coast. At one point the day became super challenging. First the road became super narrow and with lots of rocks and spikey plants going up. Not possible to cycle. I had to push the whole way. At the end of the hill I came to an iron door. It was to small for my bike and trailer to pass through. So the only option I had, was to completly put the gate out of the soil, go through and put it back. I had to do this twice 😬 then another section came with rocky stairs going up. My trailer got stuck and my bike and bags fell down. Luckily exactly on this moment two dog walkers came by and helped me carry everything up the stairs. But my solar panel holding thing broke (I already have the second one this journey 😔) and also two more adapters for holding my cameras broke too and since all good things are 3.. My Action camera was slipping out of one holder during me going down another rocky road. I tried to push it back and as soon as I left one of the breaks my bike slipped and I fell down 😬 I got just a scratch. But it was clearly not my day. Zuris neither. She didn't even want to eat dinner.😔 I just put the bike next to the ocean on a path and hoped for a better day to come... 🌞
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