Month: November 2016
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End of Morocco bike trip. Lifeday 25,324
I’m returning home from Rabat today 76 days after leaving Cambridge. Although I’ve returned back to the UK a couple of times. Once from La Rochelle and once from Zaragoza both times with Ryanair. Total days in the saddle including the time when I was biking around Ibiza with Sally was 39 days and distance…
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Kenitra to Rabat. Lifeday 25,320
I woke up to the rain and finished my ride in the rain, in between I saw blue sky for perhaps 5 minutes. Thank goodness today was only a short ride of 24 miles and 559 feet of ascent as it just hammered down. The worse problem was the gigantic puddles everywhere, as my son…
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Larache to Kenitra. Lifeday 25,319
The weather forecast yesterday was so, so right 🙁 I awoke to very wet roads a very threatening sky and a wind that was going to be in my face all day long and a very long day at that. The breakfast at the neighbouring cafe was excellent 2 fried eggs, bread, coffee, orange juice…
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Tangier to Larache. Lifeday 25,318
Apparently I started on Twitter 10 years ago today 🙂 However, today was another toughie with a strong headwind most of the way plus I discovered Moroccan garages only sell fuel and oil no fridges full of cold drinks and chocolate 🙁 I did find one selling bottled water from a locked fridge. I guess…
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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…