An endurance test

Got a nice early start and stopped quickly for coffee , breakfast and pastries. Nice quiet road along the coast. Make good time to Aquila which takes awhile to navigate through. Beach lunch and swim before the 1275 foot climb that awaited us. First 200 meters were relatively easy and then it kicked up and up. Not even worth riding, push most of the way. Lovely views and then try to have a controlled descent. Decide to go via the coast eventhough there is an unpaved section. Stop for water and nice guy gives us two cold cokes. Save it for the dirt road. Which we hit rather quickly. 5 miles of beautiful scenery but torturous. Most unrideable. Almost 3 hours. Finally make it to Belonuevo. Exhausted. Pizza dinner. It is all about the contrasts. The hard work makes the wine taste so much better 😌Read more