28 Apr 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
As I made excellent progress yesterday, I take it a bit slower today. Also, there’s less winds and the terrain is more rolling hills than flat sections. The orchards and closed fruit farms are giving way to corn fields and olive groves. In Niebla, I take a long...
27 Apr 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
Day one cycling from Faro to Alicante. Portugal greeted me with perfect cycling weather, not to hot, even a bit of drizzle now and then and a strong tail wind all the way. After a brief visit at the beach and an hour looking at the Old Town I start off on the road....
26 Apr 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
The night flight from Basel to Faro was slightly delayed and arrived just before midnight. I slept a little on the plane but not enough to offset the late time. Putting together the bike and riding out towards the sea to another hour and until I was tucked in my...
26 Apr 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
The plan: two weeks of cycling in southern Spain. Faro, Sevilla, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Ronda, Granada, Alicante Let’s see how the weather agrees with the plan.
19 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
I start out around eight and the first couple of kilometres are uneventful. The weather is better than expected with the sun even showing its face now and then. In Marcumere, a military garrison town, I quickly stop for snacks and then continue north-east. The hills...
18 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
Riding out of Cagliari is fast, even in the morning rush hour and the first few kilometres on mostly flat roads fly by quickly. The sky is cloudy and it’s perfect cycling weather as I pass an old necropolis (really just some holes in the rock) and a thousand...
