{"id":3894,"date":"2016-09-27T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2016-09-28T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:10:44","slug":"day-57-madrid-to-parla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/day-57-madrid-to-parla\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 57 – Madrid to Parla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 57\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14\/9\/16<\/p>\n

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47miles ( Madrid to Parla) average speed 10mph Top speed 27.9 mph<\/p>\n

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Up early to have brekkie with Gary’s gas canister (no strange looks from fellow campers as I smoke them out of bed!) pack up as best I can and hope washing dries from the rain. Get metro back to Martinez but last night’s bus was a night bus and no bus goes south. Back on metro, but because line 1 is closed, I go to Bilbao to get free bus, but it only runs for part of the way so I have to buy another ticket and go to Pacifico and walk. I end up being an hour late. Pepe is really good and has bike ready\u00a0 and we have a good chat about touring and Guardia Civil and helmets and all sorts. We fix bike computer by resetting.<\/p>\n

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Packed up to leave camp<\/p><\/div>\n

Kieron is nowhere to be seen so I pack up and leave campsite at 3. It’s tough on the legs after a few days off and satnav is sending me all over the place but eventually I overrule it and find my way south.<\/p>\n

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Leaving Madrid<\/p><\/div>\n

Into some pretty rough areas along the way. Satnav dies and I rely on my sense of direction. Find a great path along a river and it’s so nice to be out in the country again. Find a five star hotel for coffee but their wifi is useless.<\/p>\n

Then went through a large town beginning with v and asked a fellow cyclist if he needed help with tools but he was adjusting his seat. Rode with him but he didn’t talk so just carried on until I met Alberto who was running a shop in a pretty rundown part of Getafe and we chatted via pen and paper. He was a godsend as I was running out of energy and I got a real sugar boost. \"0735-shop\"<\/p>\n

But he told me it was only 16 km to Toledo. More like 116! But he had provided me with enough for dinner and I decided to stealth camp in Parla after NH hotel wanted \u20ac<\/span>65. Looked for a decent spot but either patrolled by security or farmers so I decided on a roundabout near hospital.<\/p>\n

Campsite roundabout near hospital. Very good amenities but no bins or water.<\/p>\n

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Wild camp on a roundabout at Parla<\/p><\/div>\n

Settled in OK, cooked dinner of pasta and put up tent and slept. It’s quite easy really but I was hunched over from ducking the headlights so needed to stretch my back. A good nights sleep until traffic woke me at 5.30. At least they have work to do here!<\/p>\n

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Morning roundabout Parla<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 57\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14\/9\/16   47miles ( Madrid to Parla) average speed 10mph Top speed 27.9 mph   Up early to have brekkie with Gary’s gas canister (no strange looks from fellow campers as I smoke them out of bed!) pack up as best I can and hope washing dries from the rain. Get metro back … [Read more…]<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[409,411,412,397,410],"class_list":["entry","post","publish","author-ermintrude","post-3894","format-standard","category-spc_blog","post_tag-day-57","post_tag-getafe","post_tag-grinon","post_tag-madrid","post_tag-parla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}