Our worst night .. sleeping with our bikes at Huesca!!

May 31st 2011
Breakfast today was huge, the benefit of staying in a more expensive hotel. Eggs & bacon! So later hitting the road. A sunny morning with the roads quiet & flat. Many old guys on bikes passed with the aid of a tail wind. Via Cullera on minor road Gandia was reached after 27 miles. Time for coffee. The wrong road was taken with the result being a ride through the town centre. After this they hi ... read more

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Dave Cross

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Why oh why did I ever suggest it?!! Conversation had dried up so I just blurted it out!! Wouldn't it be fun to cycle to the apartment? "So what?", I hear you say. But home is Paddock Wood in Kent, and the aforementioned apartment is in Altea on the Costa Blanca in Spain. That throw-away comment early in 2010 was picked up on by my brother-in-law - Jim - and so it is that on Saturday 14 May 2011 we will set out to ride the 1,000+ miles. Should be a stroll in the park.......... full info

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