Day 5 – Camino Interior

September10

Today was one of the most amazing rides I’ve ever done. It was beautiful and it was hard to watch the path while taking it all in. And… now I am in Spain :)

The first 55km were stunning and the eco via route was amazing (with some of that still on a converted rail track). Then I hit the mountain, it wasn’t too bad and I was able to ride it pretty easily. It had good grades.

One fun moment, I was going along a fantastic gravel road as the map said… and suddenly a fence… I hop it… then another fence to keep in the goats… I hop it and suddenly the path disappears and I hit this fun. I had to pull the bags off the bike, put them up on the wooden path and then pull the bike up and over. Portugal needs to work on their maps (the map told me to keep going).

Stats…

82km ride with 942m of elevation gain in 5 hours and 11 minutes. 6 hours and 30 minutes total time, I stopped a few times to eat breakfast and lunch.

Pictures…

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