The village itself was very pretty. But we were tired and I was a little unwell (I have a cold, lol) so we stayed in and had a BBQ and ate at a regular British evening meal time.
We were all in bed by 10.30 to get started at 6am today.
I'm currently in Baul, a tiny hamlet in the middle of actual nowhere, up a big hill. I'm currently about 4000 ft above sea level, poor boys... I met them for petrol station ice cream about an hour ago, and so they should be here any minute.
The drives are getting pretty again, as we get nearer to the hills. We will arrive at Guardix later on today, and once showered and changed James and I will do a test drive up Pico, ready for tomorrow.
What we think might be Pico started to come in to view yesterday, and even at this distance it looks impressive. James and I will drive up to the barrier, which is about 30km of the total 43km. This is the limit that I can reach tomorrow as the road runs out. I also shouldn't really above 8000ft because of my lungs, so I need to figure out where that vertical barrier is in relation to the route.
James and I will make the judgement call, to decide which route all four of us take tomorrow. One option is cycle to the top and over, that's plan A. Plan B is cycle to the barrier, back down the same side then push on. But that's a lot of extra miles. Plan C avoids Pico all together.
I'll report back later on...
Here's today's route though:
And
click here to check it out online. The drive was pretty, check this out
It's also a lot colder, now that we're higher, and now that the heat wave has ended. The car reads 17!! I'm actually really cold!!!!
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