Tonight we are camped at La Casita about 20km from Algeciras and the ferry ! We had an interesting ride down through Ronda this morning, having spent the night at a rather pleasant hotel a few clicks north of the town. We opted for the hotel rather than camp as the weather had been awful for the last couple of hours of our ride and we were soaked. This morning the weather had improved although the clouds were hanging rather low.
We stopped at Ronda for the obligatory photo shoot after which the the weather deteriorated once more so we spent the first hour or so riding through very heavy mist and cloud but as we slowly dropped altitude we came out into clearer skyie and by the time we had lost a few hundred feet of altitude we were running in nice dry air although there were still many damp spots on the road to keep our enthusiasm under control!
We've spent the rest of the day trying to find Peter a new bike but with no success. So we'll have another look once we get to Morocco which I think will be more fruitful. We may even end up getting as chinese C90 look alike which I spotted earlier in the year and which looked to be somewhat tougher than the offerings we purchased last year. but only time will prove whether that is actually the case or not.
The plan is to get on the road fairly early in the morning, pick up our ferry tickets on the way to Algeciras and be in either Chefchaouen or Tetoan for tomorrow night.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteAm friends of Jon and am following your trip. Hope you get less rain, find a good bike for Peter and progress well.
Look forward to reading more - especially what Jon is up to.
Thanks
Peter, Daphne, Shona & Solene
PS Daphne had another Grandchild born yesterday and we picked up a Peugeot 407 SW Zenith HDi Diesel Estate 2005 101K Silver