Month: November 2016
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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…