A drink at Bonys bar.
Friday, 25 April 2014
A second ride from Biniali
Tuesday -A second ride from Biniali.
This time we followed the water road to Sant a Maria and continued onto Bunyola. There we turned off towards the Orient.The ride has some stunning scenery and is highly recommended. The start is the climb off the Coll de Honor to the Orient, 5.4 km at an average of 5.9 % rising to a height of 550 metres. The bar in the Orient was poor value last year so we continued to Alaro for lunch. After a small climb out of the Orient it was a fast descent to Alaro with some long sweeping bends. When we arrived in the village square the bakers was still open. We had been caught out in previous years when he closed before we had bought anything. Chocolate cake was purchased and stored for later. 5 minutes later the baker closed the door and shut for lunch. We selected a cafe just off the main square for lunch. It turned out to be vegetarian. Desipte having a board outside that offered a range of snacks the only food that was available was the 10 euro 3 course lunch. This was more than we wanted but he was happy for us to share. The food was excellent. A filling bread and garlic soup to start, a soya boulanse for the main course and s pear tart for desert. The tart was more like a claflouti in texture. It was not too sweet and had a good taste. We will look up a recipe when we get back.
We returned to Biniali via Inca. Once we had negotiated the town we took the minor roads to Sencelles and continued onto Santa Eugenia before returning to Biniali. We felt 3 drops of rain as we cycled the last few miles. A round trip of 48 miles.
A ride grom Rahia Grande
Wednesday ride from Bahia Grande
Friday 25th- Note. Heavy rain this morning so am trying to catch up with my posts so the reports will not appear in date order.
For Wednesday we drove to thd far side of the island and parked on the development of Rahia Grande. We had planned to take the minor roads to S Estanyol for lunch. However a wrong turn saw us happily peddling towards Luc Major and added an extra 10 miles to the route. We had eatten in a restaurante Es Mollet there last year and fortunately when we arrrived around 2:30 they were still doing the menu of the day. 9 euros each for 3 courses including a bottle of wine . After a pleasant lunch ,(we did not finish the wine), we continued cycling around the coast towards Campos before turning back towards Luc Major on the Cami de Son Marrano. We then took the minor roads back to Bahia Grande. No sign of any tortoises or Pine Martins this year. A round trip of 47 miles.
Pro Cycle Mallorca
Pro Cycle Mallorca
One of the things we have missed this holiday by talking our own bikes is collecting our hire bikes from Bruce at Pro Cycle Mallorca. We went past the old shop and found it shut up. Had a successful business hit in hard times in the recession? A quick search on the Internet and we located his new larger shop complete with cafe next to the Pollensa Parc Hotel. It looks like the business is thriving. If you need to hire bikes in Mallorca we can highly recommend them for the friendly service, skilled mechanics and good range of bikes. www.procyclemallorca.com
Thursday, 24 April 2014
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