Biking
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Tarifa to Tangier Lifeday 25,317
A lazy day as you can imagine, it’s not possible to cycle across the Straits of Gibraltar 🙂 Instead I took the €36 high speed ferry to do the 18 miles separating Europe from Africa. I had booked the Continental Hotel which overlooks the harbour in Tangier, easy to see but not so easy to…
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Sabinillas – Gibraltar – Tarifa. Lifeday 25,316
A very full on day. Starting with five miles on the dreaded A-7, less busy today so not to bad. I turned of and explored the once huge gated community of Sotogrande very posh indeed 🙂 Then with relief along the old road alongside the A-7 until I reached the A383 and then a climb to…
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Malaga to Sabinillas Lifeday 25,315
The day started very well with a Spanish breakfast at the cafe next door to The Zeus. Then I was on my way along the wonderful snaking cycle path behind the promenade in Malaga. All was bliss.. At the sports stadium the cycleway vered right, I needed to go straight on. The only problem it was…
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Motril Beach to Malaga – Living the dream day 25,314
Living the dream I certainly am 🙂 Waking up, packing, having a toasted baguette covered in liquidised tomatoes and a long black coffee. Hoping on the bike in warm sunshine and away for another day in the saddle. The day started as it usually does with a roller coaster of 400 foot+ hills then straight…
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Aquadulce to Motril (El Varadero) – Lifeday 25,313
Another glorious day and a 600 foot hill climb to start with. However, today the North wind blew me along 🙂 still amazes me how much the wind helps against gravity. I love Spanish roundabouts featuring sculptures and works of art. Todays had a very Moorish feel to them, the Moors were kicked out in 1492…
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Carboneras to Aquadulce – Lifeday 25,312
The first 17 miles or so were pretty tortuous for me with seemingly a never ending climb to 900 feet made worse because I had forgotten to fill up my water bottles 🙁 Excellent scenery though, once you leave the cement works & power station behind in Carboneras, and quiet roads Just after Fernan Perez…
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Lorca to Carboneras. Lifeday 25,311
Yet another excellent days biking. I must be getting fitter or the going is easier as I seemed to be going over 16mph most of the time and I only had to go into lowest gear once for one of the hills. OK the first 30 miles I lost 1000 feet in altitude so maybe…
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Archena to Lorca – Lifeday 25,310
Yet another fantastic biking day, perfect weather sunshine and low twenties (apologies to all folks in the north). Lots of cycling groups out, but going the other way 🙂 not a single female in their midst. Cycling in Spain is obviously a very macho activity. I really enjoyed yesterdays rest day in Archena spending oodles…
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Chinchilla de Monte Aragon to Archena, Lifeday 25,308
Oh boy what a difference a day makes, America gets Trump and I get the perfect bike ride! The sun was out and the little wind, was behind me and although I had 2,300 feet of climbing it meant I had nearly 5,000 feet of descent. To top it all the Spanish had not only built…
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Valencia to Chinchilla de Mont Aragon Lifeday 25,307
Apologies for the 22 day hiatus due to my very pleasurable weekend with all the family in Skeggie, so enjoyable I booked it for next year too. A first 🙂 Plus a week of the time was pleasurably spent introducing Sally to the delights of biking around Ibiza 🙂 Yesterday I started my tour again…