12 January 2022 The temperature drops. Everything outside the tents is wet. At 1.30 am I need to use the toilet. I lay there trying to convince myself I don’t need to. I have slept poorly. The sleeping pads make a racket when you move. I wake myself up. Shell wakes me up. I don’t…
Category: Portugal
Day 29 – One more day
10 January 2022 It is raining. Again. I have woken up feeling the best I have in three days. I still have a blocked nose. My cough has gone. Chest not tight. I thought Shell was going to miss this bug. She is a day or two behind my symptoms. She has a cough this…
Day 27 – 28 Recovery (again)
8 – 9 January 2022 Saturday – It has rained for two days. Even if I was feeling great I probably would have stayed in Porto. I am not that sick. If it was 2018, pre-COVID, I would be at work. Riding is different. You need your lungs. Riding in the rain sick. I will…
Day 26 – Beaches forever
7 January 2022 I wake up sick. Again. I never really shook the cold from a few weeks ago. Just a lingering cough. Back to square one. Sore throat. Not feeling the best. The day is stunning. Blue skies. Not a cloud. We set out at 9.00 am. It is a big day. Over 60…
Day 22 – Portugal
3 January 2022 A 40-minute drive to Vigo airport. Van delivered. Over the two days, I think we paid 30 Euro in tolls. A fumbling affair. Stalling. Trying to find the window button. Not sure whether to pay or take a ticket. Both. It added about 30 minutes to the trip. Back on the bikes….