Set off round 9am in full sunshine and high anticipation of a day without rain. 

We had two alternatives and decided on the coast road- it meant we had head winds but the rocky beach views were gorgeous.

We stopped for some morning Pilates- some of us were more elegant than others….

Passed through some beautiful villages – a mix of traditional homes and some very modern (and huge) houses.  The wooded areas were beautiful- surprisingly lots of eucalypts.

We crossed the border into Spain late afternoon. This required a river crossing, and as the local ferry was out of service we had to do this via water taxi. The taxi was not much longer than the bikes, so it was quite a full load going over.  It was an exciting ride- lots of wind and spray and we felt a bit like illegal entrants, sneaking across the border.

Unfortunately Spanish weather wasn’t as kind as Portuguese weather had been today, so we did the last 5km in drizzling rain. Arrived in our hotel late afternoon a bit tired and absolutely starving. Only one problem…. Spanish restaurants don’t open for dinner until 8pm- so it was a long wait for sustenance!

Dinner was at a local seafood restaurant  – Rick, Bei and I sharing a feast of prawns, octopus, mussels and scallops and David having Spanish omelette and vegetarian paella.  We waddled back up the hill to the hotel full as googs.

David and I have just spent the evening paring back and redistributing our luggage- we had a message from the luggage Carter saying our bags exceeded their maximum (very modest) weight and if we didn’t reduce the weight they would leave our bags behind…. After a solid cull of all the paperwork etc that we’ve accumulated and some redistribution to our panniers (and a rush to the local $2 shop to purchase a set of baggage scales) we are now confident we are within limits- no shopping for us until we finish cycling!