So much for our plans to get to the south before the heat of the summer!
The road around the reservoir of Tranco is absolutely beautiful and was totally deserted at this time on a Sunday morning.
We had a break to shed layers in the warm sunshine and to apply more sun cream.
Half an hour later the heavens opened and thunder was rumbling. Just as it started to rain we came across the first bar for 20km and dived in. We were lucky to stay dry and stayed some time eating bocadillos and drinking coffee. The storm outside was terrific and soon the bar was full of bedraggled cyclists and motorcyclists!
It eased off and we set off again, only to take shelter again a few more kilometres further on.
Fortunately the weather improved as we had one of the stiffest passes of the entire route ahead of us. We made it to the top without getting wet again and very thankfully without a thunderstorm.
It was well worth the effort!
We saw two huge golden coloured birds circling over this valley and assumed that they were golden eagles.
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| Looking back to the rugged valley we'd climbed up in the rain. |
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| The other side from the top, a gentler landscape with olive groves. |
A long descent with a new landscape of olive groves brought us to the lovely town of Cazorla and a peaceful evening at the super Dutch-run campsite.
Tranco to Cazorla - 66km, 1100m ascent.
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