Day 142: Cassà de la Selva (Cycle/Drive)
A nice bit of civil engineering ... ... encountered on the big climb of the day to Sant Hilari Sacalm (elevation approximately 810 metres): A shorter ride today. The route was based on Michelin "
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Day 141: Santa Coloma de Farners (Cycle/Drive)
Boy oh boy oh boy, was it hot this afternoon. At about half way round today's route I stopped in Sant Celoni for some sustenance prior to commencing the longest climb
Day 140: Viladrau (Cycle/Drive)
Today's route was created by Joaquin Vizcaíno for Epic Cycles. It was an interesting ride on roads that I probably wouldn't have ridden if I'd be planning
Day 139: Vic (Drive/Cycle/Drive)
First there was a short drive to La Pobla de Lillet: Where they have a Train Line and Cement Museum (both closed! But, on another day I could be tempted to visit!): Second,
Day 138: Bagá (Cycle)
A col sign many kilometres from the coll! When I awoke at about 8am, and looked out of the rectangular window, it was foggy of the thick dense kind, which was not in
Day 137: Bagá (Drive)
Yet more rain! But, it's forecast to be cycling weather tomorrow. Here's where I'm parked tonight: * Distance driven: 26 miles * Distance cycled: 0 * Weather: Similar to yesterday:
Day 136: Sant Corneli (Cycling)
A view a little beyond the Coll de Salamó summit: "before the descent returned to ascent"! Even lucky people encounter bad luck! If you insist on going out when the weather
Day 135: Sant Corneli (Drive/Cycle)
To my surprise, Sant Corneli resides at an elevation of 960 metres! Therefore, today's ride started with a descent: On reaching this sign: I'd already been climbing to this
Day 134: Solsona (Cycle)
I appreciate that the UK is enjoying some fine weather and has done so for much of this year to date, whilst Spain has been experiencing above average rainy days. My concern is
Day 133: Solsona (Rest Day!)
Current location (I've stayed in better places! At least the industrial noise has stopped!) Weather was not looking good for the ride I wanted to do, so I postponed it and
Day 132: Solsona (Cycle/Drive)
Quite a relaxed day. Went for a morning spin on the bike. On my return to the van I took a photo of a cat sunbathing (especially for all the friends of felines)
Day 131: Ponts (Drive/Cycle)
Based on the weather forecast and "The where to go" for sunshine feature, I drove to Ponts and went for a wee cycle ride. So far I think I've
Day 130: Balaguer (Drive/Cycle)
There was a slight delay to the start of today's ride. This was due to the parking area I'd intended to use, which is adjacent to the River Segre,
Day 129: Villanova de la Barca (Drive/Cycle)
Where to cycle? If in doubt why not find out where the nearest dam is and go see it! So today's ride was designed around a visit to Presa de Santa
Day 128: Sidamon (Drive)
Yet more weather of the inclement kind is currently to the fore in northeast Spain, which is forecast to be the case for days to come. I have therefore, yet again, had to
Day 127: Santes Creus (Cycling)
Last night was a night when I was yet again mosquitoed. At first I thought I had awoken because I'd nightmared the buzz buzz of beating mosquito wings. As I later
Day 126: Santes Creus (Drive/Cycle)
A fairly easy and relaxed ride today: a couple of climbs, one monastery and one sanctuary. Sanctuori de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat: The first climb was: ... clearly somebody wanted the gradient
Day 125: La Riba (Rain!)
A rainy day, well until early afternoon. Sun is out now (5pm). So a quiet and relaxing day for me. Even had an afternoon nap! The spreadsheet of distances indicates: Total miles driven
Day 124: La Riba (Cycle)
Today's ride included a climb up to Rojals (Altitude: 975 metres) from Montblanc (Elevation: 337 metres). What surprised me was the discovery that Rojals was the smallest of small pueblos, when
Day 123: La Riba (Drive)
Today was an early start so that I could arrive in Tarragona in good time to find a parking space. I arrived at about 8.15am and there were loads of spaces! The
Day 122: Cambris (Drive/Cycle)
So I fell asleep in Falset with the pueblo in darkness. Only a select few places had power, for example, a hotel. When I awoke at about 4am, the motorhome "car park&
Day 121 Falset (Cycle)
You may recall that over the past few days I've awoken feeling very tired. Today, I felt a little more refreshed. However, on embarking on today's ride I soon
Day 120: Falset (Cycle/Drive)
Even after a "rest day" I still awoke knackered this morning but, nonetheless, I went cycling - hoping that some fresh air would do me good! I'm glad I
Day 119: Móra d'Ebro (Drive)
When I awoke this morning, I wished I hadn't: I felt knackered. I therefore immediately decided that today would be a rest day for this old man! Having moved to Móra