A lazy day if there ever was one. After listening to the expats in the campsite celebrate New Years (the Germans at midnight European time, and the Brits one hour later in time with the UK), we rolled out of our tent quite late in the morning and just managed to get on our bikes […] Read More »
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60km Los Alcazares – Isla Plana
Considering we had planned on an easy day of riding into Europe’s oldest city, Cartagena, 60km was a bit more than we bargained for, being New Years Eve and all. But this didn’t seem to stop us. After checking out one hotel in Cartegena, a bit too expensive, and finding another full, we bailed on […] Read More »
84km Cap de Santa Pola – Los Alcazares
Perfect days are made like this one: Waking up in the morning to a beautiful view from your wild campsite Enjoying a great cafe con leche at a local cafe for only 1 euro Buying your food for the day at a bustling Saturday market Eating lunch on the beach on a sunny 21 degree […] Read More »
60km Villajoyosa – Cap de Santa Pola
Another hilly day dawned for us. Although the climbs weren’t quite as steep as yesterday, the road took in plenty of rolling hills throughout the day. Alicante was our lunchtime stop – surprisingly not quite as tacky as we’d expected. The seafront area is quite nice and with the mountains in the background it’s not […] Read More »
70km Denia – Villajoyosa
We’d rather forgotten how to climb hills, having followed mostly fairly flat routes lately, so today’s mountainous path came as a bit of a shock to the system and it’s fair to say we were exhausted by the end. The route was pretty though, taking in two regional parks and some beautiful rugged coastline, and […] Read More »