Blog - Day 3 (Fri 24 May)
Villarrobledo-Mora(
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The morning after the paddle tennis gauntlet was thrown down, Ryland vs Stead, pay per view on Sky Sports folks, get your order in now!! So where are we going today I asked? ToMora came the answer. Never mind about then, I want to know where are we going today.
So we set off at 8.45 heading from Villarobledo to Mora with a nice big tailwind out of town. Then, despite the fact that one member appeared to have left his legs back in the hotel (that will be me), and that we were riding on chunky 43mm tyres, we did a 24 mile time trial on bikes weighing close to 30kg. Riding like a dug eating beetroot, we had to stop every 5 miles to wipe the dead flies off our glasses.
1st stop was in Mota del Cuervo where Tortilla Espanola was enjoyed.
We hit the first gravel section of the tour after 36 miles, 15.2 miles long on the Greenways trail bashing our way through spiky foliage and plenty of dust. A Jimmy Tours desert prep special that took us to Villacanas for lunch and saw two punctures along the way.
After lunch it was back to long straight rolling roads now into a headwind with Big Eric complaining that he he may have been bitten by a snake in overgrown sections of the gravel (or some other such pish). It seemed that a slow release venom was removing his explosive top end resulting in him dropping back every time the road went up. Add to that the fact he was touching cloth and the big fella fae Largs was suffering.
We did however all arrive safely without incident into our first non- hotel accommodation of the tour in another town up over 2000ft above sea level.
report by Chris Staples
ACTUAL STATS FOR THE DAY
Distance = 78.99 miles
Height Gain = 1,814 ft
Average Moving Speed = 16.2 mph
Ride Time = 4 hrs 52 min
Pedal Revolutions = 20,072
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
USER COMMENTS
The anti venom for Eric’s snake bite appears to be a gold coloured liquid
Big g (posted 2024-05-24 18:38:14)
What pish???
HWF (posted 2024-05-24 19:31:03)
Liked the 'toMora' joke Chris...nice
HWF (posted 2024-05-24 19:32:16)
I get it now - Chris is typing but Jimmy is dictating. “Say this Chris…” no way the Brighton boy would use the word ‘pish’
SecretaryRus (posted 2024-05-25 08:41:53)
I’ll put you both down for Mixed Doubles Padel on your return!
Debbie (posted 2024-05-25 17:45:03)