There were heffalumps running up and down the stairs last night. Then my room neighbour started singing, it could only have been worse if he had whistled as well, I was at least spared that.
My meal last night was ginormous, cheap and delicious, and I finished it with an ice cream.
This morning I had a slow start. 2 cafe solos for breakfast. There was no shop. So I jumped on and rode up the two 4km hills before it goes nearly down hill all the way to central Valencia. And that is just about what happened. I stopped for some food 20km in, opting for the slightly more down to earth cafe but their coffee and tostadas y tomates were excellent.
As usual riding through cities is terrible, traffic, people, multiple direction changes. But with great excitement I arrived at the end of my route whoop.
About my route, this is the route I followed Altravesur. It is from bikepacking.com a fantastic resource if you are thinking of going on some adventurous (or less adventurous) travels. The Altravesur was for me a tough ride. The route mainly followed the GR8 this is a walking/hiking route across southern Spain. As a consequence there are a multitude of occasions that I had to hitch the bike on my shoulder or pull/push manhandle it up slopes over rocks. These times were tough but for me eventually became a bit of a pain in the ass. Unfortunately sometimes a necessary evil. 🤨. We’ll see how the route in Italy goes.
In central Valencia
I plugged the nearest campsite into my Garmin and it took me here. I jumped into the sea. I washed all my clothes and am now kicking back. (2nd 100km today substantially easier than yesterday’s 😎😀.
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