Day 677 28th May 2018 68 miles (La Cruz to Paso de Los Libros) Average speed 14.7 mph Top speed 27 mph I was awake at 7.30 with wild horses braying around my tent and up at 8.30 for brekkie of tea and empanadas with Patch the dog. The fire took a while to get … [Read more…]
Day 676 27th May 2018 76 miles (Santo Tome to La Cruz) Average speed 12.9 mph Top speed 27 mph A good long day back in the saddle. At one point a staffie bull terrier chased me in one of my scariest dog encounters, it was with a lorry parked up in a car … [Read more…]
Day 675 26th May 2018 Santo Tome Day off Doing absolutely nothing!
Day 674 25th May 2018 Santo Tome A day off spent taking a long walk to find brekkie in the only panedria open as it’s a bank holiday to celebrate the first government of Argentina and its independence from Spanish control. I also spent some time finding out about why Argentines put a bottle on … [Read more…]
Day 673 24th May 2018 44 miles (Gobernador Virasoro to Santo Tome) Average speed 11.3 mph Top speed 26mph I was awake at 5 with a lorry left ticking over for an hour next to my tent, joined by 6 large ducks quacking. Then the workmen decided to use their strimmers to cut the … [Read more…]
Day 672 23rd May 2018 31 miles (Apostoles to Gobernador Virasoro) Average speed 10.1 mph Top speed 29 mph I was up late after waiting for the sun to break through the trees. There was no water in the toilets but I had enough to make tea. I wasn’t hungry so just had a Magdalena … [Read more…]
Day 671 22nd May 2018 55 miles (Posadas to Apostoles) Average speed 9.4 mph Top speed 30 mph A really tough day back in the saddle. Headwinds all the way and it’s getting cold now. Lots of hills to climb and hard work all the way. Today’s nature watch included a tarantula on the … [Read more…]
Day 669 20th May 2018 Posadas A day off, doing absolutely nothing for once.
Day 668 19th May 2018 28 miles (Candelaria to Posadas) Average speed 9.5 mph Top speed 27 mph What a difference a day makes. I got up at 8 and went down to try and fix the cable. The hotel owner was very helpful and supplied me with tools and even a spare cable … [Read more…]
Day 667 18th May 2018 26 miles (San Ignacio to Candelaria ) Average speed 10.2 mph Top speed 29 mph What a bastard of a day. Probably my toughest yet. The rain rained and the gear cable broke so I was stuck in top gear most of the way. Not a happy bunny. … [Read more…]