Castello de la Plana may have a plan. We need plan A, B and C today to navigate some punctures.
What a great route: cycle paths or roads prioritised to cyclists and walkers mainly all the way. The drivers are 99% great: stopping where the paths cross the road as we approach – no matter how wide nor busy the road. The challenge is the 1% so you can’t take the stopping for granted.
Valencia seems to have thought about Active Travel a lot. You get the feeling they have given powered scooters out to everyone – and the younger you are the faster the model. We tootle along sedately- they cut in from behind, diagonally – I was waiting for one to go overhead. All to set the nerves jangling.
Balazs, one of the tour leaders, did a sterling job today – I don’t usually name names in this blog and today is the deserved exception. Not only did he cycle up with my forgotten water bottles, he helped get us going through a series of punctures.
My fault, I thought only yesterday “great 3000+ miles a nary a puncture have we”. 2 from a thorn – the first time we didn’t find it, so it kindly did a better job the next time to show us the offending spot. The other turned out to be a pinch puncture, aka too much rush on my part. All is well, and a useful reminder things do happen, so deal with them.
Into a rest day tomorrow and to test our understanding of how to catch a bus.
Travelling reflections 