We can´t stop here. This is Basque Country.

Staying in Biarritz was a good laugh, it looks like a place I´d like to go back to at some point. But I left the city with a euphoric high, knowing I would soon be in Spain. I wanted to cycle along the beach, so left the main road, only to meet a dead end and a massive hill to climb back to the street. I did this about three times at different points until I learnt that if I ever wanted to get out of the city, this wasn´t a good tactic. It was getting very hilly now, but I didn´t care, I just cycled on with a stupid smile on my face.
The border between France and Spain was a little disappointing. I was expecting there to be a definite line with passport control or something, but there wasn´t, so I didn´t realise that I had actually got to Spain. I asked someone for directions at some point (Donde estas San Sebastian), and he replied in English, so as I left, I went to thank him in my native tongue, but I actually said "merci." Apparently I quite like speaking French now.
Compared with those in France, the roads in Spain are awful; treacherous things that had me gritting my teeth every few seconds, in fear for my life. Finding San Sebastian was easy enough, however, and once inside the city it is nice to ride, and a lovely place.
And so now I must say, with regret, that my journey ends here. I enjoy a little idle chit-chat with madness now and again, but I believe that to cycle through the mountainous desert that is Spain, alone, in the middle of summer, would be to embrace insanity fully. More importantly, as Bristol to Morocco was mine and Barney´s project, a trip that we planned together, it doesn´t feel right to do the whole thing alone. I hope you can all find it within you to forgive me this.
I have still had an amazing time, met loads of great people and seen some amazing landscapes, travelling over 1000km to reach here. Our justgiving page (http://www.justgiving.com/Barney-Sean-Morocco2011) will remain open, and I´m sure we will attempt the trip again in the future.
I just want to say a big fat massive thank you to everyone that has sponsored us so far, and helped us raise almost 700 pound for Cancer Research UK, and thank you in advance for everyone yet to sponsor us. And I would like to also thank everyone I´ve met along the way, people that gave me use of their home, Arnaud, Laura, Mat, Azalee, Cedric and Gaelle, as well as everyone I met who gave me the support I needed to get this far.
Peace and Love,
Sean