31 January 2022 Exhaustion brings the best sleep. Wake up feeling great. We have two jobs today. Working out how to get to Barcelona. Visiting the Alcázar Palace Garden. Breakfast first. Shell finds this cool little cafe a few hundred meters away. OK coffee. Nice food. Great vibe. We both love to garden. Shell introduced…
Month: January 2022
Day 49 – Seville
30 January 2022 Up before the sun. Not hard, sunrise is 8.30 am. Make some breakfast and feel no rush. It really is a beautiful campsite. It was a mild night, 9 C so everything is dry. The sounds of shotguns bring in the sun. This time, they are close. Are we on private property?…
Day 48 – Camping
29 January 2022 Packed and off early. Porridge for breakfast. I forgot to charge my battery and phone last night. Not great. Shell has downloaded a map that takes us the long way to Seville. Along the coast and up through a National Park. It will give us a chance to do some camping. Huelva…
Day 47 – Off road
28 January 2022 We were on the bottom floor. Directly across the road is a small public space. Some people turned up. Young. Two boys and a girl. They were loud. It was late. I wanted to sleep. I opened the window and asked them to be quiet. They ignored me. I got dressed and…
Day 46 – Spain
27 January 2022 Slept well. Buffet breakfast. Three returns. Moderation is key. Head out for a shorter ride to Vila Real de Santo António. Big name, small village. We cross to Ayamonte via ferry. Spain. We start out on a busy road. Easy riding but hectic. Noisy. We soon turn off to quiet backroads. Citrus…
Day 45 – The road to Spain
26 January 2022 Slept bad. Again. I don’t like where we are staying. I can’t wait to leave. I can’t put my finger on why I don’t like this place. It is not the town. It is the room. Shell doesn’t like it either. Porridge and on the road at 9.00 am. 50 km to…
Day 44 – Churches
25 January 2022 We took a walk through the old town after dinner last night. Stunning. I didn’t sleep well. Breakfast. Work meeting. Induction type deal. Impressive. Looking forward to starting in August. We don’t do the tourist. We have a free day here and the place has some history. Christian history. Crusades and so…
Day 43 – Faro
24 January 2022 Slept OK. Strange dreams. Breakfast. Bikes packed. On the road by 9.15 am. Short ride, 32 km. Downhill to the coastal town of Faro. The southern tip of Portugal. Down and down. No complaints. The entire trip takes two hours with a coffee break. Easy riding coming down out of the mountains….
Day 42 – Hill climb
23 January 2022 Today looked tough on paper. Short distance, 41 km. Tough climbs. The day before was not great. We were apprehensive about today. There was a motor of some kind next to our room. It would kick in, wind up, stop. Repeat. Kept me awake. Regardless, I felt good when I woke up….