Everyone was awoken by a violent thunderstorm last night so we decide to delay our set-off time until 11 o’clock when hopefully the weather will have improved.
We hope so, it’s tanking down now while we have breakfast.
While we’re … Read more
It’s the longest ride of the trip so far today so we need to be on the road by 9am. Not an issue as most of the lads had an early night after the football last night.
Not exactly inspiring … Read more
As it’s a fairly short ride today, only 33 miles, the lads decide that today will be our Donkey Derby day, our handicapped race to the finish in Tabua.
However, we’re not going to start the race from our hotel … Read more
Hey look, smiley happy faces from the lads at the cafe in Castro Daire. But what’s the reason for this merriment?… Find out later…
Fortunately Gibbo was able to sort his saddle issue at the bike shop last night so … Read more
Ok we’re ready for our first day, a day to iron out the wrinkles and test the lads fitness.
First things first though, as the lads have to set their bikes up. All goes well and we take a few … Read more
Here we go again!
On Thursday, June 13th we’re off on our annual bike trip.
This year we’re heading to Portugal to travel the full length of N2 Cycle tour.
The N2 cycle tour is a route spanning over 450 … Read more
I’ve now added the gallery for this year’s trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. You can view it below. It can also be seen from the Sierra Nevada 2023 page and the Gallery page.
Click on the image … Read more
It’s our last day of riding today and there’s always a bit of apprehension as we know at the end that we’ll have to traverse a major city, in this case Malaga.
We make an early start and get away … Read more
As we’re staying for two nights here at the hostel Coxy has done us another loop route round to El Turro and back.
There are several routes up there so by comparing his route on a Garmin and my roadmap … Read more
On the move again today, back up into the mountains and to Alhama.
The packing goes smoothly and we’re away by 9.30. Coxy is finally feeling up to giving it a go which is great news.
It’s a couple of … Read more
