Breakfast was at a sensible time for the sleep-deprived, 0830ish. We wanted to get on with the riding day, having been 48 hours off the bikes. In the night, it had been raining again, so it was good to see some serious blue over the Tramuntana when the curtains went back.
To begin, we took the short ride up the coast road to Alcudia, for two reasons: it has a splendidly well-preserved, walled old town; and also it gave us the opportunity to check out the correct approach for cars to get to the ferry. Once bitten, twice shy.
Thereafter through the lanes to Pollenca, some 5 miles from its Puerto Pollenca cousin. An easy 5 miles too, as we hooked onto the back of a Swiss cyclo-vacation group, and got an armchair ride pretty much the whole way. Pollensa provided our first coffee, and then it was off to the pretty bay at Sant Vicenc for an omelette lunch.
The third part of the day was the ride up the incline to the scenic overlook on the road to the lighthouse. Only a couple or three miles at 6% max, an absolute breeze after the Izoard. 6%? We scoff at 6%!
Forest had taken such a shine to my dinner last evening that it had been cast in stone for 24 hours that we would be returning to Tiberi for him to sample it. Thankfully it proved even better than he had been expecting.
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