It's 70 miles to Malaga, and tomorrow about 65 to Ronda. However we don't really want to go in to Malaga proper this evening, so I've picked a campsite on the western side which will add between 5 and 10 miles to today's journey. Hopefully it should subtract a few tomorrow.
Here's the route:
And here's the route online
The hotel we stayed at last night was so weird. It was like an old castle thing, but all the decor and even some of the infrastructure was pretty much fake and very gimmick like. Some of the beams and things were hollow and the boys had this weird fake brick head board thing...?!?! I'll be writing a fairly strong review on trip advisor, given that the hotel manager who showed me the rooms (bare in mind I am a lone female at this point!!) insisted on coming in to my room and showing me a magic trick which involved some how magically putting a handkerchief inside my bra then asking if he could go in and get it when I said I couldn't find it in there.... It was light hearted and he was just having a laugh, but I don't really think that was an appropriate way to greet a guest!!
Breakfast was included, which was a bit of a baguette with some olive oil and salt...
Anyway, back to today. I've arrived at the lunch stop,- small resort town called Torre Del Mar to the east of Malaga. It's nice! Less chavvy than Peniscola, and a bit more going on than the deserted restore towns further north and east that we went through last week.
This is the view right in front of me:
Actually, saying that, it's 11.30 and it's really quiet. I imagine Sidmouth on a Saturday morning in June and it would be rammed? I'm sure in an hour or two the obligatory loud euro-pop will be pumped out full blast across the beach.
The boys are about 15 miles into their morning ride and have already had two punctures between the three of them. They're taking a fairly coastal route, and it takes them up and down plenty of short, sharp peaks. So it's by no means an easy day. I assume they're on some tough terrain too, given the mechanical issues.
Alarms didn't go off until 8am today, so we had a good 9 hours of sleep. Honestly we all looked so tired at dinner last night. With things being so busy, the last couple of nights we have just had dinner at the hotel and haven't had at opportunity for exploring the local areas, so it's felt far from being on holiday! No one is that fussed about seeing Malaga this evening though. I went on holiday once to Torrremolenos about ten years ago with a uni friend (Shout out to Charlie!!) and as lovely as it was in my early twenties, I have no desire to visit it this evening. So the campsite is out of town.
Tomorrow we're headed for Ronda. It's been the most popular destination ahead of this trip that people have said "you must go to..." With everyone saying how beautiful it is. We will try and stay somewhere central tomorrow night and get out exploring hopefully in the evening. Even if the boys have to ride in the heat this afternoon, the lie in was absolutely essential to give them some rest.
So today the boys are rested and are in good form, and are putting in a stellar effort. Not long to go now! And we've raised almost £3000! It would be great to hit 3 grand wouldn't it... Please share and spread the word!!
A little bit closer to home, and my mum is hosting her annual "Cake Break" for MS. It's in her local village hall, and every year she organises it and people bring cakes and put a bit of money in the pot towards the MS society. I've asked her to put up photos of us and a copy of some of the blog extracts in the hope that more people will get their money out!
That's all for now xx
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