Day 81: Loulé (Maintenance Monday!)

As a result of Maintenance Monday my bike is road worthy again having had a service, including:

• Removal of old cable detritus from 11 speed gear shifter.
• Re-installation of shifter
• Install new gear cable
• Adjust shifter indexing
• Re-wrap right hand bar tape
• Adjust front and rear brakes
• Clean and lube chain
• Clean cassette and chainrings
• General clean of remainder of bike

Lunch was followed by vanwork, including:

• Clean solar panels
• Clean off insect remains and bird poop
• Clean Lights
• Fix sticky sliding window
• Wipe internal surfaces
• "Hoover"
• General tidy

Photo of the van, following clean, in full ventilation mode - it has be rather warm and muggy today!

Coffee and biscuits was followed by:

• Research for next park-up location
• Find a sourdough bakery for bread tomorrow
• Research cycle routes for the coming days, including creating gpx files for the garmin (navigational aid)
• Take photos for this post
• Write this post

When I've completed this post (it is currently about 6pm) I shall wash up and then make this evening's dinner.

Here's a photo of today's " Tree of the Day":