Day 103: Antequera (Cycle/Drive)
A something old something new something borrowed something blue kind of day: * I rode on some old roads that I cycled last year; * New roads I rode for the first time this year;
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Day 102: Álora (Drive/Cycle/Drive
First a drive to Barriada de la Estacíon, where I had originally planned to stay for one night. However, I'm starting to feel time constrained: On the eighth day from today
Day 101: Cortes de la Frontera (Cycle)
Fortunately, I awoke to find myself in Day 101, rather than being in Room 101! A gentle ride out today, mostly cycling upwards or downards: 27 kilometres of the total ride length of
Day 100: Cortes de la Frontera (Drive)
This afternoon I arrived at my new location: the car park of an abandoned hotel! Here we can see the first descent and ascent (the road going up the side of the hill,
Day 99: El Bosque (Cycle)
Today's ride went like this: 1. I rode up the A-372 for roughly 15 kilometres, which is the road I came down from Puerto de El Boyar on yesterday; and, also
Day 98: El Bosque (Drive/Cycle)
Today I rode up one of my favourite climbs, but first: Before arriving at Zahara de la Sierra there were some minor climbs to overcome: Here is a photo of the Castillo of
Day 97: Algodonales (Drive/Cycle)
A day of: Four pueblos: Algodonales, where the ride began and ended: Olvera, atop a hill: Ronda, atop a cliff edge: Zahara de la Sierra, atop a hill and adjacent to a reservoir:
Day 96: Puerto Serrano (Cycle)
Sometimes you make a plan, and then, somehow it becomes something set in stone that must, by any and all means, be completed. That is, it takes over and dominates in such a
Day 95: Puerto Serrano (Drive/Cycle/Drive)
I do believe that red sky in the morning is suppose to be shepherd's warning. I should have seen this as a sign and acted accordingly. The thing is, we don&
Day 94: Castilleja de Guzmán (Drive/Cycle)
Looking towards Sevilla from my current park-up location: And, here's the van - I do like the look of the first van! Four days without being on a bike, it has
Day 93: Sevilla (Walkabout III - Wot Not Again!)
What can I say, it rained again in Sevilla! Fortunately, it brightened up mid-afternoon. The good news is: 1. I managed to source some very good coffee beans at Hispalis Cafe, which I
Day 92: Sevilla (Walkabout II - The Next Day!)
Boy was it wet and windy last night! I was awakened on numerous occasions and, just as I thought it couldn't get any worse, the council sent its machinery out to
Day 91: Sevilla (Walkabout)
With it being Maundy Thursday and, therefore, a religious holiday, there were many folk out in their Sunday best visiting their church. Indeed, so many that queues were formed outside. Another consequence is
Day 90: Sevilla (Drive)
If rain was not the dominant, current and forecast, weather phenomenon I quite possibly would have given Sevilla a miss and continued with the cycling. As it is, I've hardly seen
Day 89: South of Almonte (Cycling)
I initially adventured out on to a section of off road but soon realised that thus was not a wise idea. I had ridden it previously without issue but soon realised that the
Day 88: Almonte (Rain)
The sun eventually came out at about 4.30pm (GMT+1). So I popped out to recycle waste, get some fresh air and take a few photos. (Jesus finds his mother - I
Day 87: South of Almonte (Cycle)
Today's cycle was supposed to be 50/50 on/off road. First it was off road to the town border of Almonte. Whereupon I noticed numerous folk carrying very large pieces
Day 86: South of Almonte (Drive)
That's a fond farewell to Portugal. I thought it would be my last but, it may not be! Who knows what fate has up it's sleeve for us? Currently
Day 85: Alcarias (Drive/Cycle)
After going for an evening stroll in Tavira I returned to the van and, shortly thereafter it started to rain: Obviously I closed the skylights. However, this morning I was surprised to find
Day 84: Tavira (Cycle)
If you read yesterday's post then, no doubt, you're keen to find out the cause of the intermittent periodic bike noise, well, that will be along soon enough. But,
Day 83: Tavira (Drive/Cycle)
Tree of the day: The thing about riding a bike is that the velocipede should not make unnecessary noise, for example: squeaks, rattles, rubbing noises, drive chain noise, brake squeal, etc. Well, today,
Day 82: Olhăo (Cycle)
The good news: The bike performed well today. The bad news: A tooth broke today! It never was my plan to be cycling in Portugal for long. This was primarily based on my
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
Day 80: Loulé (Cycling - Cut Short!)
The cycling, whilst it lasted, was very good today. If yesterday's ride was a three out of ten, then today's was looking like a 10/10! That was, until