Lanzaventura day 8

Was again supposed to have been an easy day .Fail. 25 km turned into 60 🤪. On the upside met Cahill Mcgreevy who was billeted in playa Blanca. Hunting for gravel Zona militar The el golfo loop through the “closed road “ was beautiful and we revisited the black beach😍....

Lanzaventura day 7

Rest day. Sort of. Fantastic meal last night , managed to snag an early table at a tapas place. Delicious Today we had planned a road loop as a bit of a rest , returning to Yaiza tonight via playa Blanca ferry. Komoot was acting the 🍆again and took us on gravel track...
Lanzaventura day 6

Lanzaventura day 6

Headwind wins … going north. 8am Port del Rosario , had planned early departure but its LASHING RAIN ☔️! 70 km planned to take us to the west coast, along the famous cliffs and back up to Corralejo hopefully with a tailwind. A lot of the surfaces will not be pleasant...
Lanzaventura day 5

Lanzaventura day 5

In El Cotillo. Nice beachside town. Air BnB ok. Note the lack of Bentleys out side. After yesterday’s exertions and a morbidity and mortality meeting we decided not to fight the wind . So instead of heading straight into it again we are going east to Port del Rosario....

Lanzaventura day 4

Yaiza to el cotillo ( Fuerteventura) via playa blanca Stayed at hotel La Casona de Yaiza. Excellent and reasonably priced but not a Bentley in sight. Brilliant restaurant. Had planned a loop west today but komoot reports road closed due to subsidence. Forecast is dry...

Lanzaventura day 3

Famara to Yaiza Air BnB was tricky to find but got there eventually. It was compact but well equipped however very pricy at 180£ for the night and came with a very particular odour. Might just have been damp after all the rain but I suspect a blocked sewer somewhere....