Day 64: Berja (Arrival)
Today was all about catching up with myself! The past wee while has been a bit full on and, as a consequence, I've nearly run out of food and, and last
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Day 63: Gorafe (Drive/Cycle)
Zero degrees C in the van at 7.30am: outside it was -2.9 degrees C! This afternoon, whilst cycling in the Gorafe Desert, it was 18°C. Here's some things
Day 62: Baza (Drive/Cycle)
Tonight I'm on emergency rations! Who new it was Andalucia Day today? Not only that, who has a public holiday on a Tuesday? Until today, I knew not of both. As
Day 61: Tabernas Desert (Walk)
For a change I let my legs do the walking today. It was supposed to be a 9 mile, approximately 3.5 hour walk. At least that was the suggested time allowance. I
Day 60: Tabernas Desert (Cycle)
I was stupid but, somehow I also made a good and a not so good decision today. The good decision was to cycle the ascent to Calar Alto (Elevation 2101m) from a starting
Day 59: Tabernas Desert (Rest Day)
A day of rest and bike cleaning/fettling, and some forward planning. Otherwise it turned out to be a black and white kind of day. Here's a photo of the current
Day 58: Tabernas Desert (Cycle/Drive)
Today's ride was a kind of out and back again event. Then moving on. The weather App was forecasting rain and temperatures of about 8°C in Tabernas and a mere
Day 57: Tabernas (Drive/Cycle/Drive)
A most enjoyable day on the bike; all brought about by good attitude, fine weather and a great route. I found today's route, "Valley of the Blocks", on the
Day 56: Garrucha (Cycle)
My room with a view: Some weird looking trees: Today's ride was ok, but nothing special. It included a 10 kilometre climb and some decent descending. Otherwise nothing much to say,
Day 55: Garrucha (Drive/Cycle)
Soon after I awoke this morning it started to RAIN! It was still at it when I'd finished my breakfast and cleaned up! This made the decision to leave Alhama de
Day 54: Alhama de Murcia (Cycle/Drive)
The recent great cycling continued today with an ascent of Collado Bermejo. My Garmin indicated that the climb's length was 21 kilometres, with an ascent of about 1400m. However, there was
Day 53: Alhama de Murcia (Drive/Cycle)
Another enjoyable recovery bike ride in the sunshine. A steady, slow (obviously), 10 kilometre climb into the Sierra Espuna Regional Park, climbing to about 780m. Later there was a short impromptu offroad detour
Day 52: Murcia (Cycle)
Today is the first day of the last half of my inaugural Spanish odyssey! It was a most excellent day. What looked on paper to be a good ride turned out to be
Day 51: Murcia (Arrival)
Today marks the last day of the first half of this Spanish adventure! I am currently parked up in a massive retail car park on the northern outskirts of Murcia. At 7.30pm-ish
Day 50! El Mojon (Stationary)
A quiet day at the van! It was bike cleaning/fettling thursday (morning). Followed by vanwork and a relaxing afternoon. All leading up to the main event of the day: Barcelona vs Manchester
Day 49: El Mojon (Cycle)
Today's planned cycle was thwarted by there being no ferries running between Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga del Mar Menor. Therefore, what was going to be a mainly circular
Day 48: El Mojon (Drive/Cycle)
Here I am in the ghost hamlet of El Mojon, one of three adjacent . I walked through all three and my guess is that something like 95% of the properties are currently empty.
Day 47: Agost (Cycling)
Well I thought today was going to be a wee test for these old man legs of mine and, I wasn't disappointed! However, leaving a tough climb towards the end of
Day 46: Agost (Cycle)
Moved about 3.5 miles down the road to a better park-up location, which is adjacent to the Via Verde: about 4.5 kilometers from its start point (i.e., where I was
Day 45: Agost Railway Station (Arrival)
Rain delayed the start of play today. Eventually, due to inclement weather leaking into the afternoon, play for today was abandoned! Now, obviously I could have gone cycling today irrespective of the weather.
Day 44: El Campello (Cyclismo)
I mostly enjoyed today's cycle. If it had been a little warmer the descent from Puerto El Collao, elevation 890m, where the temperature was 5°C, would not have been so
Day 43: El Campello (Alicante)
For various reasons I chose to visit Alicante today. Initial stop was the Central Food Market: Then, perhaps most importantly, it was off to buy bread! Followed by a visit to the Castle.
Day 42: El Campello (Cycling)
Forecast was for a rainy afternoon, so I went for a morning ride: just to stretch me legs! A view from Busot: The rain did arrive in the afternoon, but not until about
Day 41: El Campello (Cycle)
The weather forecast was for some rain, but the probability was pretty low. I therefore decided to go for a shorter ride than I'd originally planned for today. Then, if it