Jul 122010
We had an unusual day today picking up people en-route. Colin and Ken met with two of Colin’s friends (Wilf & Pete) on their Harley’s at Orba petrol station and headed off through Tormos and Sagra through the back roads of Pego and met with MAD in Adsubia. We then had a nice ride up through the Vall de Galinera and into Planes where we met up with Robin. MAD decided to give Don’s back a rest and to stay in Planes for coffee and then head back home.
After Pete refueled we headed off for Albaida up through Muro del Alcoy and onto the N340, there are some major roadworks going on as the N340 joins the A7, we went on to a lovely new section of motorway standard road up into Albaida. We arrived at about 11am and had a look at the parked bikes and some of the scenery. Unlike last time there were only two small stands with T shirts for sale and fewer bikes which was a bit of a shame. Just as we settled for coffee the rideout set off and rather than rush our coffees we decided to finish them at leisure and then wander around the remaining bikes and look at the stalls. Once the rideout started everything closed down, including the archery that Pete was going to have a go at.
As a result we decided to leave and took Robin up on his offer of a cold drink (and so Ken could get some cash from him). So we headed off to Robin’s village, we saw plenty of stock for a ‘road kill’ cafe if there was one in the area en route. We invaded Helen’s peaceful afternoon and had a cold drink and some Key Lime pie on their terrace (highly recommended, thanks Helen). We left Robin and Helen and Robin kindly showed us the way out of the village and onto the CV 60.
We had a long straight blast down the CV60 all the way into Gandia where we decided to pop down to the beach at the Grau for another cold drink as the temperature was nudging 30 in the shade. Whilst we were settled there Pete and Wilf popped off to the shops to buy Spain T shirts and flags for the World Cup final as they were celebrating / watching in Alcalali later. We left Gandia and had a straight blast home down the N332. Getting home about 3pm and straight into our respective pools to cool off.
Nice ride and route, it was a little warm though.
