nickjones
-
High Cadence ride to Beja
Friday 23 February 2018 – My eldest boys birthday! Blimey, the Portuguese are so miserable I went down at the allotted hour for breakfast to find no sign of life except a living statue of a man in the hall, not a smile or grimace. Eventually, I worked out the restaurant was across the courtyard so as…
-
Cycling & walking from Huelva to Mertola, Portugal
Thursday, February 22nd Well, the walking part was due to mechanical failure, first time in several years of cycle touring 🙁 I started off from Huelva early, stopping at the ham shop to get a quick cheese sandwich, with the firm intention of getting the rear derailleur sorted out, but the shop didn’t open till 10…
-
Biking from Seville to Huelva
I decided to move on from Seville after one night, I’m just enjoying the biking in the glorious sun too much to spend time mooching around cities. It took a long time & distance before I was in open country and quietish roads again. Today I was more careful which roads I rode on so as soon…
-
Bumping along to Saville from Cordova
A bumper biking day a bit like an Audax with over 91 miles covered a lot of it over incredibly poor roads & tracks with each massive bump making me think that some part of the bike will have been broken but thankfully nothing had. I left Hotel Italia after a good breakfast wondering why…
-
Dropping down to Cordoba
Today I finally left the Sierras behind, dropping down 1800 feet to the beautiful city of Cordoba on the banks of the Guadalquivir river amazing the bridge built by the Romans over 2,100 years ago! I left the Los Castillarejos Apartamentos Rural late at 10.30, due to writing the previous blog post. Antonio had laid…
-
Las Navillas to after Luque
Mady & Marc at looked after me well at Las Navillas MM. Starting the day with an excellent fruit salad and local cheeses etc also Marc pumped my tyres up to 100 psi (first time in two weeks) and also fixed the rear mudguard, although, as he mentioned, down here they don’t ride if it…
-
Granada to in the olive fields near MonteFrio
I stayed up late but the only tickets available at 00:01 this morning for the Alhambra were for after midday so I will leave visiting the inside for another trip. I really didn’t enjoy the Marquis Urban hotel with it’s ill-designed AC control system that decided at 4 am to start up full blast 🙁 also the…
-
Finally in Granada!
I left Hostal El Caminero at just after 8 am the whole town & Hostal deserted, obviously not early morning folks. Eventually, in Los Banos I found an open bar/cafe and managed to get some coffee etc I was pleased to have fresh legs as it turned out I had a couple of huge hills to…
-
Cycling Zujar to Purullena by a weird route
I paid up for last nights dinner, drinks & breakfast a grand total of €16! Then for some weird reason, I decided to follow Google maps instead of the route previously worked out. When will I ever learn I MUST NOT USE GOOGLE MAPS ON RURAL RIDES they take no account of terrain or road…
-
Cycling Velez Bianco to Zujar
The lurgy woke me in Velez Bianco at stupid o clock but it was no way as bad as yesterday! I fell back to sleep and woke up in time to pack a little and have breakfast just after 8. Breakfast was a full on affair and for the first time I had two fried…