Running, Cycle Touring and Roaming with Simple Living and Slow Travel
Just a short post today because we had a fairly quiet day. We planned to cycle out to the Plaza de Espana today and along the way stop at a laundrette to do some washing. On the way there, we stopped off at a little vegan bakery that I’d read about, to have a quick... Continue Reading →
I love Seville. It’s a beautiful city. Simple as that! Today was a roaming day and in the beautiful Seville sunshine, we roamed the streets and cathedrals of this lovely place. The buildings and architecture are beautiful, I love the different plazas with their central fountains or statues and I love that the city has... Continue Reading →
We woke to a chilly morning in the forest after a night of new and interesting “night noises” - lots of owls hooting, dogs barking and things going bump in the night. I jumped at the chance to do a run this morning and make use of the nice path than ran through the trees,... Continue Reading →
We packed up from our overnight hotel stay in Huelva, to begin our pedalling towards Seville. We’d done all the route navigation the night before and had a great direct path to take us to our next campsite, about half way to Seville. As we left the hotel I had a definite feeling of “We’re... Continue Reading →
Today was the day I got to do a test run to see if the stressed bone in my foot had healed and… I ran! This is a big deal because I’m not happy when I can’t run and it’s been five weeks, so today was an important day! We got off to a late... Continue Reading →
We awoke to a chilly but sunny morning on our last day in Portugal. We had breakfast, packed up and pedalled out of one of the nicest campsites I’ve stayed in. As we were leaving, Steve called into the camp mini-mart to grab a roll or something for lunch and soon emerged with two bags... Continue Reading →
Phew! It was another tough one today! We left Faro fairly early and set off into the wind, and boy was there wind! We had an awful headwind the whole way and we were on a busy road most of the way too. I was in low gears and pushing with every ounce of strength... Continue Reading →
So today was our designated roaming day in the city of Faro. We started the day with a hotel supplied breakfast and I’ve found the breakfast buffets in the couple of hotels we’ve stayed in, quite an interesting collection of choices. This morning there were plates of cold ham, salamis and other meats, cheese slices... Continue Reading →
The wind started in the night. I didn’t get much sleep as it blew and flapped the tent and I was just waiting for the THUNK when a branch of the gum tree, under which we were camping, would land on the tent. The day dawned though, without injury or damage to property, but the... Continue Reading →
We got off to an early start from our little cabin in Lagos. It was a lovely stay in a top spot. We got on the road at 8:20 hoping to beat most of the morning commuter traffic, knowing that we’d have to navigate the city centre before getting onto our cycle route. We powered... Continue Reading →
Run. Ride. Roam. 