Day 15: Calpe (A Rest Day Cycling!)
I can report that I felt much better on the bike today. Michael and I had a fairly easy cycle: Only 69 kilometres with about 880 metres of climbing. There were some headwinds
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I can report that I felt much better on the bike today. Michael and I had a fairly easy cycle: Only 69 kilometres with about 880 metres of climbing. There were some headwinds
Even before we departed on today's ride I was feeling tired. Then, immediately on setting off it was clear that it was going to be a hard day of cycling for
It was amazing to see the vast number of cyclists heading out of Calpe this morning. There seemed to be hundreds of them heading off for the hills of Costa Blanca, amongst them
Michael and I went cycling; the girls went climbing. Except for the very strong winds we encountered descending from the Col de Rates, the weather was just about perfect for cycling. Here is
Finally I managed to find a working campervan type jet washing. I can confirm that the van's colour remains metallic blue! A drive to Calpe brought me to the apartment of
Today's route was a variation on a 2023 theme. The variations being: 1. Routing to and from the start/end points to Vilallonga/Villalonga (so good they named it twice); and
Things did not go as planned. The idea was to do some chores and move to a new location and cycle tomorrow. The first chore was to visit the nearby BP garage where,
There was much doubt as what I was going to do today. The choices were: 1. Visit Valencia to watch a game of football; 2. Go for a bike ride from el Saler
A relaxing day. Just a visit to the city of Valencia. The main reason for visiting was to buy a Spanish Vodafone SIM Card: €15 (about £12.45) per month for 100GB of
I can report that after a great day out on the bike I had a bad night's sleep. I woke up multiple times and on each occasion it took quite a
How lucky am I? I have had a most enjoyable day cycling in sunshine in the Province of Valencia. I am glad to have returned. The endorphins were flowing this afternoon and it
Given the temperature in Zaragoza (1°C and overcast), I decided to head further south to Valencia. On arrival at about 3.30pm the temperature was roughly 14°C. A temperature that is
Just like last year, in order to bypass the agglomeration of Bayonne etc, I paid the motorway tolls (€8.70), which saved half the time (about 45 minutes) and was more fuel efficient
Just a repeat of last year's drive ... well, almost .... somehow I drove an extra 2 miles! Thankfully I had a good night's sleep, which was much needed. The drive
Little sleep was had last night, which tends to happen whilst parked up for the first night and exacerbated when catching a ferry at 07:00. A DFDS operative awoke us at about