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Monday 26th February 2018<\/p>\n

I liked\u00a0 Lost Lisbon Hotel & Casa de Pasto restaurant in Portugal so much, even with the walk to the toilet, that I decided to stay here all week and return home on\u00a0 Friday for Sally’s<\/a> Cambridge Half Marathon this upcoming weekend.<\/p>\n

Monday had rain forecast in the afternoon so I planned a little route along the riverfront then up to\u00a0 Sintra and back before the rain started at midday.<\/p>\n

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Perfect for this very questionable attempt at a cycle path!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What a nightmare! the river cycling route is a total mish-mash of paths with right-angled\u00a0bends & cobbled surfaces which if you miss the bend you are in the drink\u00a0 or cycling on the humungous wide road with the railway in the centre, all a total nightmare, it started raining early and at Cruz Quebrada I just gave up, Portuguese road biking is not pleasant and so I made my way back more or less the way I came. Not a great ending to the bike trip but made me pleased that I didn’t hang about in Spain too long as the wind & rain would have been deeply\u00a0unpleasant when touring.<\/p>\n

The Strava:<\/p>\n