Archives June 2024

I’ve now added the gallery for this year’s trip along the N2 in Portugal. You can view it below. It can also be seen from the N2 Portugal 2024 page and the Gallery page.

Gallery

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A shorter day today and it is, of course, our final day and ride to the end of the N2 route in Faro.

46 miles to do in total, with the first 20 miles being largely uphill and the remainder, … Read more

Yesterday’s ride was the longest of the trip but this one is is only a mile shy of that, so it’s going to be another gruelling one.

The first stage is to retrace our steps and get back on the … Read more

It’s the longest day of the trip today with 90 miles riding to do so we’re down for breakfast at 7 am and plan to get away by 8.

We leave on time but as we make our way out … Read more

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