Day 4 - Guarda Civil, Ruta de la Plata, an a shout out


3rd April 2018


Ride into Seville was pretty busy with a mixture of dual carriage ways and cycle lanes.  Some very grand looking buildings and a river.  Need to come back.  Negotiating the autoroute type exit roads I noticed a car with a blue flashing light ahead.  A very nice man got out and suggested I stop and have a little chat.  Well I think that's what he said but communication improved when he practised his English.  A very dangerous road for cyclists he said, discussed where I needed to go and then moved on to discuss my bike, the merits of a steel frame and my mudguards.  He loved my mudguards.  I was able to give him some helpful advice following which he escorted me onto an exit lane and bid me a fond farewell.  Such a nice man.



Our journey now takes us along the N630, more interestingly called the Ruta de la Plata, which follows an old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela.  It used to be the main road round here going all the way to Salamanca.  When they built the new, toll free, autoroute no one used the N630 anymore so it is now a Carlsberg cycle lane with a very occasional car. Today it took us over plenty of hills and through beautiful groves of trees (?Olive) with meadows full of spring flowers.  Lovely!

Met up with Ivan and Jacqui en route at a transport cafe for coffee and Iberian ham on toast.  They then went on ahead to park up early, fill up with water, connect the electricity, cool the beers and turn on the water heater ready for my shower.  Excellent work!


Finally, a shout out for the Bolsover and District Cycling Club, known in our household as the Bowser Bullets.  A fantastic, friendly club and a great bunch of people to go riding with.  Seen here modelling the now updated club kit.


Comments

  1. Rachel3 April 2018 at 14:05

    Sounds like his English doesn’t need much practising if he can discuss steel frames and mud guards :-D

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    1. Martin Bradley4 April 2018 at 12:15

      We conversed in international cyclist language

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  2. Unknown6 April 2018 at 00:02

    Sounds like a great day, Martin, and a nice road to ride on! Keep it up!

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