Saturday, 30 September 2017
Day 14
Today was largely one for getting from A to B but started promisingly. After the first twisty sections we settled into long straights with some interesting bends every time we hit a hill/cliff/mountain.
The final miles were through a wind carved canyon with more impressive cliff dwellings (wonder what their house insurance is like).
By now we are used to meeting oncoming cars on tight bends and (usually) watching them swerve when they see us. In 13 European tours, until today, they have always swerved away from us. Today the driver thought that swerving towards me would be the thing to do. Fortunately we managed to miss each other. While checking out what had happened to me in his mirror (something a lot of drivers don't know they have) he almost took John out !
Other than the 'mesa's and canyons the land today was almost totally agricultural, to an extent not previously observed in Spain.
We finished the day, to John's delight with our traditional drive thru a pedestrian precinct to get to our hostel where we were greeted by princess Layla.
Friday, 29 September 2017
Day 13 - Tour 13
We took the higher road along the southern fringe of the Sierra Nevada's, this was a lot twistier and slower than the lower route. Much of the remainder of the day was however 'making progress' roads.
We waved to the cowboy and I turned off into Fort Bravo, but we agreed it would be daft to buy an admittance just for lunch, so we pressed on.
The final 25 miles was regrettably another GLT with the very variable road surfaces keeping our speeds in check.
When leaving home I remembered to pack my Scotoil but neglected to pack the filling tube, so I have been using John's chain oil, which has now run out. A portion of the day was spent looking out for large filling stations. After a couple of failures, we finally tracked down a Repsol station that was able to fill out needs. Or chains are now satisfactorily lubed.
Tonight's touch of luxury is that John and I can have separate bedrooms in our 3 room (and 2 balcony and sit-ooterie) apartment. 😀
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Day 12 - Dinner
1st course -assorted nuts (free) plus beer
2nd course - chicken & ham vol-au-vent, without the pastry (free) & beer
3rd course - pork & chips (free)
4th course - beer & pizza
😀😀😀😀
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