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Love the extended pinkie for effect, Steve ;)
6 months agoAnd you a West Coaster! As Dodie always says "It's only water."
6 months agoYikes! Even we would have waited.
6 months agoWe really don't know. Could be Messi, or not.
6 months agoMessi?
6 months agoThe plan is to more or less copy your routes wherever possible. Good thing we're not in high school, where cribbing is frowned upon.
6 months agoIf you want, you can follow our route all the way to Evora, but after that you’re on your own again. We haven’t been anywhere else on your Portuguese route until north of Porto - we biked from Santiago to Viana do Castelo in our 2019 tour, so that might help you when the time comes.
You’ll note that after Mourao we stayed at Monseraz (an amazing hilltop village, beautiful but a painful climb) instead of Reguelos, where I think you’re going. It’s easy to see how you’d adapt our routes though - just stay on the road you’re already on after Mourao instead of branching off to Monsaraz. And the next day, angle northwest on the white road to Montoito and intersect our route to Evora there. Good luck!
It's your fault that we did not have to fight through sand traps. Tomorrow should be more of the same as today. Your routing is brilliant, by the way. Thanks.
6 months agoTrue. These batteries, in fact the whole system, are better thsn tge ones we have for the Bike Fridays. The size is about the samebut the performance of these is superior. We have cut it pretty fine on some days, but so far all is well. Fingers crossed since we are now in the hilliest parts of the trip.
6 months agoAn extra "o" ?
:-)
Well, that’s dull! Where’s all the adventure in that?
Glad to see this is still the outstanding route I remember from a decade ago.
You haven't mentioned any concerns about battery life. Is the terrain more friendly this trip, or do these bikes have batteries with longer life?
6 months agoWhat a treat to follow you through Cordoba's narrow pretty streets and see it all again. Thanks for the tour.
6 months agoStrangely, your suggestion about later routing to Serpa, Mouro, etc appeared as an email notification but does not show up on the linked page. Anyway, yes, we definitely plan on rolling in your tire treads wherever we can. Steve already has it on his to do list to download your routes to any places we are also going to. Thanks for putting in the ride with GPS maps/tracks and also many thanks for giving us these specific heads ups.
6 months ago
Cholla. Not sure what kind since cacti outside N & S America are all imported, and also possibly some crossbreed.
6 months agohttps://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49352-Cylindropuntia