

{"id":8978,"date":"2016-12-04T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T13:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2016-12-04T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T13:21:47","slug":"day-122-malaga-to-benarafe-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8978","title":{"rendered":"Day 122 &#8211; Malaga to Benarafe and back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Day 122&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18th November<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">30miles (<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Malaga to Benarafe and back<\/span><\/span>)&nbsp; Average speed 7.8mph&nbsp; Top speed 18 mph<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Today I cycled all the way to Benarafe where I texted Raul but he was in Malaga! Still he did invite me up to the mountains next week so that should be good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8980\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8980\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8980 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3280-18-11-overlooking-the-sea-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"3280-18-11-overlooking-the-sea\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3280-18-11-overlooking-the-sea-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3280-18-11-overlooking-the-sea.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overlooking the sea<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Had lunch on the way back at El Tintero where waiters bring food out and you just put up your hand if you fancy their offerings. Then they count how many empty plates you have at the end and write the bill on the paper table cloth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I&#8217;ve been back on the bike in last couple of days. Some great flat rides along the beaches and even better ones up into the mountains and lakes above the city. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8981\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8981\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8981 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3286-18-11-fencing-practice-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"3286-18-11-fencing-practice\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3286-18-11-fencing-practice-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3286-18-11-fencing-practice.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seen on the beach &#8211; fencing practice or is it the battle for the rum?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I&#8217;m still having a great time and have a brilliant hostel at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feelhostels.com\">feelhostels.com<\/a> in the city centre with a secure place for the bike and I&#8217;ve checked in here till Tuesday so I&#8217;ll be chilling for a while!<\/span><\/span> Back at the hostel I cooked burger and chips before checking out ZZ Bar with live music. Town was packed so I sat in another bar and people watched.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8982\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8982\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8982 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3297-18-11-Bar-candid-shot-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"3297-18-11-bar-candid-shot\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3297-18-11-Bar-candid-shot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3297-18-11-Bar-candid-shot.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watching<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 122&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18th November &nbsp; 30miles (Malaga to Benarafe and back)&nbsp; Average speed 7.8mph&nbsp; Top speed 18 mph &nbsp; Today I cycled all the way to Benarafe where I texted Raul but he was in Malaga! Still he did invite me up to the mountains next week so that should be good. Had lunch on &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8978\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[584,583,473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8983,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978\/revisions\/8983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}