Bingo!

That is the main reason for us to wear yellow clothing, visibility. On the road and by each other in a crowd.

They are waiting for you, Steve and Dodie! Aboard you go!

You can’t NOT see Dodie..She is the only person nor wearing black and white!

Iceplant and Shasta daisies..What do you say, Bill S?

Damn. Meant to type Mertola in last reply.

Agreed. I will just eat a spineless variety every now and then from Kroger.

Spiny ones will just be for starvation emergency rations. I have had too many glochids in various places due to eating them. Tasted good, but not THAT good!

Oh good, we overnight in Alcoutim tonight and Mertols tomorrow, which should give us time to explore each one, a little bit anyway.

Too risky. Last time Steve tried to get one Dodie spent 2 days removing small prickly bits from his fingers. She says no trying unless we have proper gloves, protective equipment, etc. Which we do not.

Those days are long gone! If we ever do this again we’d overnight in Alcoutim, a very pretty spot.

Looks ripe! Avoid spines and glochids though. Yummy if you avoid the hazards! Very seedy though.

Commercial varieties are less spiny

Thanks! We downloaded and will follow your track. Google is peddling some kind of dotted green lines - we don't trust 'em.

p.s. Amazing you went to Mertola in one day!

We’ve ridden this route ten years ago, and thought it was beautiful the whole way: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/iberia2013/mertola/

Just stay on the main paved road (M507) to Alcoutim, and on N122/IC 27 after M507 joins it a few miles later. Ignore whatever Google suggests and stick to the pavement, is my recommendation.

Yes, that is the plan. Why do you ask? What do you know that we don't know "yet".

It looks to me like you’re accumulating more ‘good stories’ than strictly necessary to maintain interest. It would be fine to have a few days where you just stick to the pavement and don’t get lost. Are you going north to Alcoutim and Mertola next?