Daily Stats
Distance: 78 kms
Time: 3 hours 33mins
Elevation: 251 meters
Speed: 22kph
Accumulated Elevation: 36504 meters
Accumulated Distance: 2991 kms
Daily Disasters
- I lost/couldn’t find/left my fantastic Pedaled jacket.
I felt a little lonely last night so phoned my sister (8pm here 1pm in UK) it was great to talk to her and cheered me up lots.
I took a punt and set my route planner on Gravel instead of road. As a bit of caution I only set 73kms to ride. Let’s see what happens.
I know, I know, why would you do that with all the saddle issues you’ve been having. 🤔 I have no real answer to that. But I did lower my saddle a couple of mms.
I searched and searched for my jacket. Every corner of my room, my balcony and the wider area of the guesthouse but to no avail. So after half an hour of searching I reluctantly left. Its a light jacket perfect for those slightly cool mornings/evenings just to take the edge off. Interestingly I originally didn’t like it then it grew to be a favourite.
I got out of the town and was nearly immediately off road. And then was mainly off road for the rest of the day.
There were some sections of sand. One of which if hit at full pelt, the bike slewed all over the place and much to my surprise I stayed upright, maybe i’m getting more skillful, I did err on the side of caution from then on.
About half way through the day my saddle contact point was back to the soreness before my day off. OK maybe the off road was not such a good idea.
The gravel sections were great and it reminded me why I put fatter tyres with a bit of tread on the bike. Let’s see I may alternate on/off road. Its very unlikely to be rough mountain bike style routes like it would get in Spain or Italy.
My glasses got very hot while I was riding a year of so ago and the acetate bent at the nose piece so the arms stick out wider than my ears. I superglued some wedges on the arms near the hinges to counteract this and one of the wedges has come unstuck. Grrrrrr.
A Couple of Days Ride Outta....... 