Cyclists have an obsession with gravity. Our lives for the last two and a half weeks have been dominated by the number of metres we have to climb each day! In fact just in terms of point-to-point heights on the profiles in our guidebook we have so far climbed about 13,000m. That doesn't take into account the many undulations within that. There is such a huge difference between grinding upwards at 6km/h or whizzing down the other side at 30 to 40km/h. One spends so much more time and effort doing the former than the latter. We have now covered 1365km, which means that we have ascended at least 1000m in every 100km along. It's no wonder that we are quite exhausted now!
The breakfast in the Hostal at Guadahortuna was very good as was everything else there. It's another typical village Hostal with a friendly bar full of locals (mainly male) chatting noisily over their drinks and watching bullfighting or football on TV. The rooms are usually comfortable, if basic and very reasonably priced. This one was €40. Safe storage for bikes never seems to be a problem- usually in a storeroom or garage.
The route was nice with views towards the Sierra Nevada, but as usual getting into a big city is never easy or pleasant. Thank goodness for GPS and Google maps!
We are installed at the rather scruffy and certainly not scenic Camping Sierra Nevada, very close to the centre of Granada, and are looking forward to a day off cycling and becoming "normal tourists" tomorrow.
Guadahortuna to Granada - 59km, ascent 300m.
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