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After breakfast I was straight on the bike and I had soon chwed up the last 15 miles of Portugal along a flat and pretty featureless N125. As I reached Vila Nova de Santo Antonio the roads were wide and straight and the town looked quite featureless and very un-Portuguese - just lots of dead straight boulevards.
I found the ferry landing and after buying a ticket dashed to reach a boat which looked like it was about to leave - only to be told it was a pleasure cruise and not the actually ferry. Afetr 10 minutes an older more workhorse boat appeared and I was onboard and cruising across the Guardiana to Ayamonte.
When I disembarked I remembered to advance my watch and hour as I was now on central European time having crossed into spain. Ayamonte looked well worth a look and I surely will do so in the future but today was a Tour day and I pressed on picking up a decent dolomite track which hugged the estuary for almost 5 miles and took a few photos of the birds on the estuary.
Next after a right turn I cycled across a bridge to Isla Christina and as I crossed I could see supports for what looked like an older, now missing bridge. After a nice 8 mile ride along typical quiet beachside resort roads through Islantilla I reached El Terron where a 90 degree turn was required and I had to cycle 12 miles around the Piedras River estuary through Lepe and Cartaya to reach the coast at El Rompido which is about 2 miles from El Terron.
El Rompido looked like a lovely quiet surf town with lots of surf bars and restaurants and a sand bar on the River actually sits between the town and the sea.
Then a sudden shock after5 more miles I was approaching a heavy industry complex quickly at Punta Umbria. A fast, busy dual carriageway from Huelva connected the town with the port but I had researched this and knew there was an off road cycle path all the way to Huelva .. my only problem was finding it ! And it started very inauspiciously behind a sand bank in a car park off the roundabout !
Having found it the cyclepath was excellent, a bit rolling up and down but very smooth and some great views across the Odiel river to Huelva. The path crossed the marshland opposite Huelva as I approached and fed onto the old bridge across the river which was much quieter than the new bridge - the path was also still segregated from the traffic by concrete bollards. As I cycled to my hotel I passed a large wooden staithes structure not too dissimilar to the staithes at Dunston on Tyneside where I live and I decided I would have a walk to take some photos after showering and freshening up,
By: | Por2geezer |
Started in: | Tavira, Algarve, PT |
Distance: | 62,0 mi |
Selected: | 62,0 mi |
Elevation: | + 1692 / - 1606 pi |
Moving Time: | 04:56:18 |
Page Views: | 9 |
Departed: | 7 mar. 2019 à 08h42 |
Starts in: | Tavira, Algarve, PT |
Distance: | 62,0 mi |
Selected distance: | 62,0 mi |
Elevation: | + 1692 / - 1606 pi |
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Total Duration: | 06:35:40 |
Selection Duration: | 23740 |
Moving Time: | 04:56:18 |
Selection Moving Time: | 04:56:18 |
Stopped Time: | 01:39:22 |
Max Speed: | 26,2 mph |
Avg Speed: | 12,6 mph |
Pace: | 00:06:22 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:46 |
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