Below are a few shots I took, whilst being a sick tourist on this lovely island.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Mallorca Camp 2016 (3/3) - When shit happens it usually comes in loads
Day 3 was then the first mountain ride with a larger group. We went up Col de Salva and had another go at Sa Calobra. Unfortunately this turned out to be a rather chilly ride and even on Sa Calobra I did not manage to warm up any more. The downhill back to the Villa was extremely cold and not surprising I felt rather exhausted after this relatively short ride. In the evening at Tolo's I began to feel ill and believe it, ended up with fever and chills and mostly sleepless night. I had man-flu, which in the following days developed into a nasty chestinfection and being back in London there was suspicion it had developed into Pneumonia.
Below are a few shots I took, whilst being a sick tourist on this lovely island.
Below are a few shots I took, whilst being a sick tourist on this lovely island.
Monday 7 March 2016
Mallorca Camp (2/3) - When you think its all Shit then you might begin to realize it really is
Day 2 was meant to be a nice long group ride with both teams, flat and fast for 150km.
Again it was cold, but at least the first 2 hours of the ride we enjoyed a bit of sunshine.
On the return leg for some reason we entered country lanes that seemed to be rather muddy (probably manure) and slippery and ouch, that was that. Slipped in a curve, fell onto my ever so sore knee and hip and elbow that I had fallen on seven times in 2015. Immediately I knew that this was to compromise my stay on Mallorca. My road-rash tends to take about 2-3 weeks to heal, these days.
Again it was cold, but at least the first 2 hours of the ride we enjoyed a bit of sunshine.
On the return leg for some reason we entered country lanes that seemed to be rather muddy (probably manure) and slippery and ouch, that was that. Slipped in a curve, fell onto my ever so sore knee and hip and elbow that I had fallen on seven times in 2015. Immediately I knew that this was to compromise my stay on Mallorca. My road-rash tends to take about 2-3 weeks to heal, these days.
Sunday 6 March 2016
Mallorca Camp 2016 (1/3) - Finally we found winter, only where we expected it the least...
We arrived on a sunny and blue-skyed Saturday afternoon, a mixed group of 6 Dynamos and 6 Praetorius riders heading for a large villa near Port Pollensa.
Unfortunately, it was too late to get a ride in on the arrival day.
Even more unfortunate, the following day was grey, wet, cold and miserable (even worse than winter in London). Some of us still wanted to get out.
So, this was my first ever proper climb since I quit cycling in 1992: Sa Calobra
it basically means 30-40mins of riding continuously uphill, with hairpins and average 8%
(I loved it so much that I did it 3 times in the first 2 days)
Unfortunately, it was too late to get a ride in on the arrival day.
Even more unfortunate, the following day was grey, wet, cold and miserable (even worse than winter in London). Some of us still wanted to get out.
So, this was my first ever proper climb since I quit cycling in 1992: Sa Calobra
it basically means 30-40mins of riding continuously uphill, with hairpins and average 8%
(I loved it so much that I did it 3 times in the first 2 days)
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