Lost Memories doing the Med

After a great cycling day, peaking at Col de Banyuls, the with a pretty steep decent, that tested the bicycle brakes to the limit (my rig totals at about 140 kilos), and then through the beautiful valley in green fertile side of the pyrenees, to Banyuls, and then north up the coast to camping Crique de Porteille, a 5 star camping ground ( people dont say hello when you greet them? ), but our spot is amazing.
Our (old) bodies are tired, but holding up, although a 10% gradient is easier with electricity, it is still really hard gradient that takes a lot of effort, e-bikes only give a percentage of what you put into the pedals, they are not a scooter.
All the gravel roads we have been doing, mostly due to the fantastic Komoot app, mayby about 40% is really hard on my lungs, i thought for a start, that all the coughing is was due to virus, but suddenly i remembered that all the Spanish mtb cyclist covered their nose and mouth when riding. But coughing is really stigmatized when sitting in public spaces, hope it dissappear in france.
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