On Saturday, we left by 7:30am and were very pleasantly surprised when we reached the first dreaded climb and it didn't feel as hard as it had in previous times. While on the park, as it is now usual, we were overtaken by other cyclists but this time, Micael decided to keep up with one of them without any problem, probing that it is me who is the slooooow one. We spotted a pair of Booted Eagles (Hieraatus pennatus) soaring above. We returned by noon, covered in dust, less tired but ravenous!
Have a look at my legs after such a ride:
And if I take off my shoes, you can see the difference due to sun and dirt...
Sunday, we repeated the same route; this time though, Micael pushed faster and would then wait for me every few km. This forced me to go a little faster as well.
This time, we met a group of four men and a woman who were warming up to go running in the hills (we bumped into them again about two hours later, still running happily). Perhaps because those were the last days of the Feria, there were less cyclists.
Micael tested his abilities as a pedaling videographer, one thing I don't dare to do with my shaky balance.
Along the way, we stopped again to do some birdwatching; this time, we had our small binoculars. We saw again the Booted Eagles, plus one Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraatus fasciatus) and a tiny and very pretty Coal Tit (Parus ater).
When we were going back down, Micael had stopped to wait for me next to a gully and as I stopped next to him to drink some water, a wild boar ran out of the gully, passed in front of us and continued up the hill!! We couldn't believe it!
We continued our way down and in one turn, Micael came across another one, also running across the road and up the hill. I was behind but I could still see it as it ran between the pine trees. Amazing!
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