Happy Birthday my gorgeous Keri. Hope you have an amazing day.
The ride out of Teruel is slow towards the junction of the A23 to Valencia. It seems to be a steady incline all the way but isn’t obvious. This makes riding very frustrating. It didn’t last for long though, as soon as I reached the A23 and joined the service road it flattened out and the wind picked up behind me. I was flying.
I flew all the way down to La Puebla de Valverde where I headed north into the mountains. The route would take my up onto a high ledge and run all the way down from Mora de Rubielos through Rubielos de Mora to Cortes de Arenoso.
Today I was heading to my Dad’s house near Useras and he’d come to join me a Rubielos de Mora to cycle the remaining 70 miles. I don’t usually enjoy riding with anyone but it was nice to have the company of someone I knew.
The views were absolutely stunning being so high up and some of the downhills were exhilarating but hard on the brakes. After all good downhills there is a steep climb, the one up to Zucaina was no exception.
After stopping for a Menu Del Dia in Lucena Del Cid we quickly covered the remaining 20 kilometres, most of which were downhill.
I’m now at my Dad’s place. I’m hoping to stop here until next week before I continue up the east coast towards Barcelona. There seems to be a lot more campsites so I’ll be able to camp next to the coast and hopefully have a few good swims in the Mediterranean.