OK, hands up. I took my eye off the ball on the planning. Relative short distance today but as I was close to a Auto Via, the road quickly went from OK to a dirt track. Think all would have been perfect on a gravel bike, but on a road bike with thin wheels? It was not great. Also lost control of the bike at one point when I hot some sand. I came off at slow speed but was still standing. No damage done 🙂
Energy levels now in a good place now I am managing to source meals !
The Plaza in Trujillo is a nice spot to kick off the ride. Food at the hotel was great, but coffee was not good, so it was breakfast at the plaza and I was then on my way.
Just a short distance from the start of today’s ride, I spotted the second Osborne Bull. There are quite a few of these across Spain. Originally to advertise brandy made by Osborne. In the 1970s, when I first visited Spain, huge advertising boards were erected everywhere. This was all stopped in the early 1980s but the bull survived. See Osborne bull – Wikipedia for more.
Looking back, you can see Trujillo and the Gredos mountains I passed over a few days ago!
Here I have to walk on the gravel (roughly 2 hours!) occasionally there was the remains of the old N 5 road. The alternative routed would have added 16 miles to the trip. Started to wish that I had gone the long way round.
And the route just gets worse for a mile.
Back on a decent road now. Local farmer is having a bad day!
And here is another farming picture. I am passing through a major tomato producing region.
