The ride with no downhills that never ends! I’m writing this at the wonderful hotel in Carmona, absolutely knackered from riding what could have been 70 Km. I guess my first warning would be DON’T DO THE RIDE in the GPX file, it was torture.
While the website ‘routeyou’ has created wonderful routes in the past by avoiding highways, this time around it sent us through what seemed to be a Brazilian favela and ultimately a prison. Yes…a bloody prison.
At that stage we had to use Google Maps which decided to make our life misery by leading us to muddy roads, big puddles and roads where the bikes would swerve – very dangerous when you are using panniers.
All this and NO DOWNHILLS made it very unpleasant. You can see in the Strava section that there is a straight line which is when I forgot to resume it. The ride was 66Km and possibly 70Km+ for that reason and by the very end I was just in automatic mode pedaling and wishing it would end.
Not a great start but we’re switching to Strava and possibly ride on the highways which have big shoulders. We seriously cannot bear the thought of seeing a crimson path for the rest of this trip.
On the positive side, Carmona looks like a lovely town and we’re off to find ourselves a well-deserved drink and some dinner!
