My prayer yesterday for no rain worked. The 4.5 hour ride was on nice quiet roads. I arrived at my pre-booked hostel at 3pm. Enough time left in the day to meet up with my friend and go for a walk toもっと詳しく
I've arrived in Praia da Luz Portugal.
More about that in a later post.
As I was riding the bike I was thinking about the number of times I order a coffee then wait in anticipation to see whatもっと詳しく
I had a leisurely ride from Seville to here in perfect weather.
This is as far south as I go and from here on I'm heading back to the UK albeit slowly.
I'm staying with my classic bike owning friendもっと詳しく
Portalegre is just south of the middle of Portugal near the Spanish border. It is a quiet picturesque town with a cathedral, remains of a surrounding wall and a small castle.
It is the unexpectedもっと詳しく
Even while in Praia da Luz people said if you are coming to Portalegre you must visit Marvão.
I came on the bike up and up to a hill to town which is stunning with a preserved castle and wall aroundもっと詳しく
I didn't really know much about this place before I came and I've been delighted with just how nice it is.
There is so much beautiful architecture and the churches are amazing. I'm staying at theもっと詳しく
When I left Salamanca it was 25° sunny. It was a lovely day so I wasn't prepared for when I went over the mountains and the temperature dropped to 14° and it began to rain. It rained all the wayもっと詳しく
I'm not far from Limoges. It was still miserable and wet in San Sebastian when I left this morning, however the weather quickly got better and there were so many trucks on my route. I chose to come onもっと詳しく
This morning it felt warm I started my ride and got to 32c by the afternoon. I decided to come on roads which did not take me near Paris because I knew that there would be many trucks going that way,もっと詳しく